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THE

EARLY HISTORY

OF

SOUTHAMPTOI, L. I.
NEW YORK,
WITH GENEALOGIES.
B^r GEO. liOGEKS HO^VELL.
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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR PIOUS
ANCESTORS.

NEW YORK :
PUBLISHED BY J. N. HALLOCK,
(AT JAMES miller's BOOKSTORE,)
522 BROADWAY. 1866.

the supply. Under these circumstances the price
of the work will necessarily be raised, excepting to
those who have already subscribed.
We congratulate the good people of Southampton
and vicinity, who have so generously subscribed to
the work, and more especially as within a short
time there will not be a copy to be had at any
price. Had we anticipated so large a demand for
the work, we should have stereotyped it.
J. N. HALLOCK.
New Yoek, Sept. 1866.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

Public attention of late years has been much di
rected to the early history of the first settlements
of our country, and with good reason — aside from
local interest and the traditions and associations
which will gather around families that have remained
fixed on the soil for over two hundred years, it
is only by knowing the civil and religious condition
of national infancy, that one can understand the
nation in its maturity. The historian of a village
then simply traces one little rill to its fountain head.
If he does not contribute history, he contributes
material for history.
It would appear that the three oldest villages in
the State of New York, settled by the English, are
on the east end of Long Island ; Southampton and
Southold settled in 1640, and East Hampton in
1649. Of these, one only. East Hampton, has
found a historian, unless through such notices as
may be seen in works of a more general character.
Materials are still existing in the Town Records,
which, even now imperfect, cannot many years
longer remain legible. It is mainly from these and
other sources beyond the reach of most persons that
these chronicles are compiled, in order that facts and

events of interest to the community may be rescued
from oblivion.
The object of the writer is not to give a complete
history of the town to the present day, but simply
of the settlement, and to picture forth as well as
possible our forefathers as they lived, thought and
acted. And yet such matters of later occurrence
as have a general interest have not been omitted.
Great care has been taken to present perfect copies
of the ancient instruments of writing relating to
the history of the town ; but it is found by com
parison that the orthography of the same document
varies considerably, whenever it is more than once
recorded. Such a work will be but imperfect at best ; but
it is hoped that some new facts of interest have
been brought to light in this volume, and such as
it is, it is given to the public.
Acknowledgments are made of assistance in pre
paration of this work, from Thompson's and Prime's
Histories of Long Island, History of New York, by
J. Romeyn Brodhead, Esq., Doc. History of N. Y.
and Colonial Hist, of N. Y. ; also, to Wm. S. Pel-
letreau Esq., whose praiseworthy efforts to preserve
the fast-failing documents in the Town Clerk's
office, deserve the thanks of all sons of Southamp
ton. Acknowledgment also is made to Deacon
Stephen Rose of Bridge Hampton, now in his
eighty-sixth year, for invaluable assistance in the
genealogical portion of this work.

INDEX OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
Outline of the History of Long Island. — Meager Accounts of
.the jEarly Settlers. — First Attempt at a Settlement at Man-
hasset, in North Hempstead  12
CHAPTER IL
The Settlement of Southampton and the Settlers. — List of In
habitants in 1649, 1657, 1683 and 1698  20
CHAPTER III.
Character of the Settlers  49
CHAPTER IV.
Civil Relations. — Pure Democracy. — Union with Connecticut.
— With New York. — Dutch interregnum. — Again with
New York  54
CHAPTER V.
During the Revolutionary War. — Occupation by the British. —
Personal Incidents. — Colonies. — Soldiers of the Slave- ,.
holders' Rebellion  69
CHAPTER VI.
Civil Laws. — Courts. — Decrees of Courts  84
CHAPTER VII.
The Church. — Ministers. — Church Edifices. — Schools  99

CHAPTER VIII.
Various Localities. — Residences of Settlers. — Changes of Resi
dence — Residences in 1864  144
CHAPTER IX.
Indians. — Friendly Relations with them. — Purchase of their
Lands. — Lease of Shinnecock and the Hills. — Sale of
Shinnecock Hills  163
CHAPTER X.
Early Customs. — Whaling. — Burying Grounds. — Miscellaneous. 176
CHAPTER XI.
Births, Marriages and Deaths  200
CHAPTER XIL
Family Records  205
APPENDIX.
DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE HISTOKT OF THE TOWN.
Disposall of the Vessell  310
Indian Deed of Dec. 13, 1640  312
Special Index  314

THE
EARLY HISTORY
OF
SOUTH AMPTON, L. I.

CHAPTER I.
OUTLTSK OF HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND  MEAGRE
ACCOUNTS OF EARLY SETTLERS  FIRST ATTEMPT AT
BF.TTLEMEST AT NORTH HEMPSTEAD.
The Dutch who had settled on Manhattan Island
in the early part of the seventeenth century, soon
began to build and occupy on the opposite shore of
Long Island ; and as their population increased.
naturally pushed out their settlements to the east
ward on the north and south shores of the Island.
Thus it happened that the western part ofthe Island
carae under the jurisdiction of the Dutch Govern
ment at New Amsterdam until the surrender of New
York to the English in 1664.
But the proximity of the Island to Connecticut
afforded some gi-ound for the English Crown to set
up a claim to it. Accordingly Charles I, April 22,
16.36, rf^questfd the Corporation for New England,

14 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
called the Plymouth Colony, to' issue their patent to
William Alexander, Eaii of Sterling,forLongIsland,
and the islands adjacent. They did so, and on Ai-ril
20th, 1637, the Earl gave power of Attorney to
James Farret to dispose of said lands. This however
took effect only on the east end of Long Island where
the English subsequently resided.
Again March Tith, 1664, Cliarles II. granted with
other territory. Long Island and thelsl.nnds adjacent,
to his brother James, Duke of York and Albany.
In the following August, Col. Richard Nicolls, at
the head of a fleet, came and obtained a sun-ender
of New York to the crown of England. Now for
the first time the eastern towns of the Island carae
under the jurisdiction of New York, Southampton
having sent deputies to the General Court of Con
necticut regularly, frora 1644 to 1664. In July,
1673, New York was recovered by the Dutch and
the Island followed the fate of the larger colony.
Both, however, were again surrendered by the Dutch
to the English Government, Nov. 10th, 1674, and
so remained English Colonies till the war of ouv
Independence. Pew traces can be found of the original proprie
tors ofthe town prior to the settlement. There is
some reason for supposing that tliey came from the
south of England — indeed there is a tradition that
the town itself was named in reinembi-iince of the
native place of the raajority, Southampton F.ii-land, .
though experience has taught us that little reliiiuee
is to be placed on traditions unsupported by other
evidence. The common statement derived from Cot-

EARLY SETTLERS. 15
ton JIather (Magnalia) is, that between thirty and
forty families in Lynn, Mass., finding themselves
straitened came over to Long Island and effected a
settlement. In Ogilby's Hist, of America, he says,
that by frv.<h supply of people from England the
town of Southampton was settled. Probably both
of these statements are partially true. It is certain
that most of the settlers came from Lynn. How
long they lenuiined there is not known. Among
the inhabitants of that piaec in 1630, were Edmund
Farringtun, Allen Breed, Daniel Howe, and John
White. In 1637, were also Christopher Foster,
John Pierson, Thomas Halsey, Josiah Stanborough,
George Welbye. Richard Wells, William Partridge
and Philip Kneeland, (or more probably Kertland.)
John Cooper -was made Freeman, *'. e., admitted to
privilege of voting, at Boston, Dec. 6, 1636 ; Chris
topher Foster, the same, April 17, 1637 ; Edward
Howell, the same, March 14, 1639 ; Rev. Abraham
Pierson, arrived in America in 1639. With a few
more which are mentioned elsewhere, these are all
the traces that can be given of the founders of
Southampton. The original " undertakers," eight in number,
purchased a sloop for the transportation of their
families and their goods for £80, of which Edward
Howell and Daniel Howe, each contributed £15 ;
Edmund Famngton, George Welbe, and Henry
Walton each £10 ; and Josiah Stanborough, Job
Sayre, Edmund Needham and Thomas Sayre, each
£5. Before sailing, however, the other proprietora^
disposed of their interest in the vessel to Daniel

16 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Howe, in consideration of his making three trips
annually for two years for transportation of goods
from Lynn to their plantation. Articles of agreement
were drawn up and signed, in which were stated the
plans and purposes of the Company, and their sev
eral shares proportioned to the amount of money by
each contributed. These articles, as well as those
for the "Disposall of the Vessell" were dated March
10th, 1639. April 17th, 1640, (a month after the
confirmation of Lyun Gardiner's purchase of Gar-
diners Island,) Farret, in behalf of Lord Sterling,
made an agreement with Lieut. Howe, Edward
Howell an9 others (as above) by which they were
authorized to occupy eight miles square of land in
any part of Long Island. The amount that was
to be paid to the Earl of Sterling, as a recognition
of his title to the land was to be estimated by the
Hon. John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts
Colony, who fixed the amount at four bushels of
Indian Corn, in consideration that the country was
a wilderness, and that the natives pretended some
claims to the land. This deed of Farrett was given
also about a month after the disjiosal of the vessel
and signing the articles of agreement since, as the
reader will remember, at that time the year was
reckoned to commence on the twenty-fifth of March.
The next we hear of them, the Lynn Emigrants
arrived in the following month of Mav at Manhas-
set at the head of Cow Bay (or Schout's Bay, as the
Dutch called it.) Here they found the arms of the
Prince of Orange erected n])on a tree aud Lieut
Howe the leader of the expedition pulled them down.

EARLY SETTLERS. 17
This was on the 10th of May, 1640. But the
Sachem Penhawitz who had just before ceded all
his rights to the Dutch, promptly informed Governor
Kieft that some "foreign strollers" had arrived at
Schout's Bay where they were felling trees and
building houses, and "had even hewn down the arms
of High Mightinesses." Commissary Van Curler
was sent to ascertain the facts, and the Sachem's
story was found to be true. The arms of the state
had been teirn down, and in their jilace had been
di-awn an "unhandsome face," "all which aforesaid
appeared strange to us, being a criminal off"eu<i^
against his Majesty, and tending to the disparage
ment of their High Mightinesses."
May 13th, the Council of New Amsterdam order
Cornelius Van Tienhq/en to arrest and bring before
them the "strollers and vagabonds" of Schout's Bay
who had so insulted their Dutch dignities. On tho
next day, with two officers and twtmty men, he started
on his mission of ejectment, and arrived at the
clearing May 15th, finding one small house built
and another unfinished. " They were first a.sked,
what they were doing there ; by what power or by
whose authority they presumed to settle on our
purchased soil, and told that they must show their
commission. Eight men, one woman and a little
child, made answer that they intended to plant there,
and were authorized thereunto by a Scotchman who
had gone with their commission to Red Hill.
Secondly they were asked, for what reason did
they throw down their High Mightinesses' Arms and
set Up a fool's face in the stead. To which some

18 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
answered ; the escutcheon was cut down by a person
who is not present ; another answered, such was
done in their presence by order of a Scotchman,
(James Farrett ; and he and Lieut. Howe were then
at Red Hill— wherever that was.») Hereupon six
men were brought to Fort Amsterdam, leaving two
men, and one woman and a child on the ground, to
take care of their goods ; they amved on the 15th
of. May."
At the subsequent examination the following
facts appeared. They went to Long Island, to
settle, from Lynn, Mass., and others were to follow.
They came under authority of James Farret with
consent of Gov. Winthrop f f Mass. Bay Colony.
It was intended to bring twenty families, and
"many more would come if the land was good."
They should have lived free under their own laws,
and would have been obedient to whomsoever was
lord of the land. Job Sayre on examination, said ;
he was born in Bretfordshire, (probably Bedfordshire
— he was examined through a Dutch interpreter,)
was twenty-eight years old, and had resided in
Lynn, Mass. George Welbye said ; he was born in
Northamptonshire, was twenty-five years old, and
resided in Lynn. John Farrington said ; he was
born in Bockinghamshire (Buckinghamshire) was
twenty-four years old, and lived in Lynn. Philip
Cartelyn (Kertland) twenty-six years old, and Na-
? In the autobiography of Dr. Lyman Beeeher, it is said that
araong the Dutch, New Ilavcn, Ct., was known by the name of
Red Mount, from the appearance oi East and West Rocks from the
coast or harbor. This probably is the place indicated by Red Hill
in the narrative.

EARLY SETTLERS. 19
thaniel Cartelyn (Kertland) twenty-two years old,
birth place and residence the same as Farrington's.
William Harker said ; he was barn in Cincenshiro
(Lincolnshiie ?) and was twentv-four years of age.
On May 19th they wi-re discharged as not guilty of
tearing down the arms of the Lords States, und set
at liberty on " condition that they do promi.-ie to
depart torthwith from our territory, and never to
return to it without the Directors' express consent."
Thus ended the first attempt at a settlement ; the
"strollers and vagabonds" departed, and low Dutch
alone was spoken in that land.

CHAPTER II.
THE SETTLEMENT AND THE SETTLERS.
The emigrants must have proceeded directly to
the east end of Long Island, where they met with
a more favorable reception ; for in a memorandum
dated July 7th, 1640,* Farret confirms the settlers
in actual possession of their ten-itory, the bounda
ries of which are given, proving that some terms of
ao^reement had already been made with the natives
and that they were on the spot in actual possession.
This apyiears to establish the faet of the priority
of the settlement of Southampton as compared
with that of Southo!d. In Giifiin's .Journal the
settlement of the latter town is clearly stated to
have occured in .September, 1640. The local names
given in the memorandura of .Tuly 7th, 1640, de-
"Thiis Prira*' in Hist. of'L. I. — (See the memorandum in appendix
to this bonk.)— Rut according to Col. Hist, of N. Y., vol. 3: pp. 21,
22, .tune 12th, I()39, James Farrett makes a conveyance of land
from sea to sea, between Peaooneck an± Montauk, Pt.. to Edward
Howe.l & Co., for £100 already receiveil, Ibty having been driven
off by the Dutch previous to this transaction. We can understand
all ot this but the date of the year. Most of the evidence show the
settlement to have been in lljiO. But the date of month is probab
ly correct as it agrees witli everything else. The instrument of
June 12th, vaguely defines the limits, and was probably given
before the arrival ofthe settlers at Southampton : that of July 7ih,
in giving local names, accurately establishes the fact of actual
occnpation. — August 20th, lfi:i!l Lord Stirling ounfirms this sale.
Col. Hist as above.

THE SETTLEMENT. 21
monstrate not only a knowledge gathered from
actual occupation, but an amicable (though
probably a verbal) arrangement with the natives for
admitting the colonists within their territory.
Besides this, can any one tell what the Cow Bay
settlers conld have been about after their expulsion
from Manhasset in the latter part of May, if they
did not come immediately, or at least after a confer
ence with their friends at Lynn, to the shores of
Southampton .? Everything goes to show a settle
ment having been effected here in June, 1640, thus
making it the fiist town settled by the English in
the State of New York. The language of the ac
count of the formation of the Southampton Church
at Lynn, confirms this, "composed of individuals
who had emigrated from this place and settled
at Southampton." Sailing up the Peconic Bay,
they landed at what is now called North Sea, a little
hamlet about three miles from the village of South
ampton, whence they " took up their march through
the woods" to find a place for their new homes. It
was a perilous undertaking to venture with their
wives and little ones into a wilderness, hemmed in on
two sides by water, and on the other two by savage
tribes. Like their brethren of Plymouth, however,
they were brave men ancl christians, resolved on doing
their part towards forming an empire for freedom
and Christianity.
The Indians whom they found here proved to be
friendly, and released to the settlers sufficient land
for their necessities in " consideration of sixteen
coates already received, and also three score bushels
3

22 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
of Indian come to be paid upon lawful demand the
last of September, which shall be in the year 1641,
and further in consideration that they above named
Enslish shall defiend us the said Indians from the
unjust violence of whatever Indians shall illegally
assail us." The date of this deed, is December 13,
1640. Two additional purchases from the natives
were afterwards effected extending considerably the
limits of the town, and finally when a new genera^
tion of Indians were causing trouble, as they saw their
old hunting grounds melt away, the colony in order to
preserve peace, again bought the whole township of
them for twenty pounds, for which a deed was given
of date Aug. 16th, 1703. The fii-st of these two
additional purchases, called the Quogue purchase is
not found on record in the Town Clerk's oflice. But
the second known by the name of Topping's pur
chase, is recorded as having been sold to Thomas
Topping and his heirs forever, April 10th, 1662,
for twenty fathoms of wampum by Weany, (Sunk
Squa) Anabackus, Jackanapes, Cobish, Toquobin,
and Wetaugom, aU Schinnecocks except Weany:, the
widow of the Montauk Chief. The purchase ran
from Kiamuck or Canoe Place westward to Seatuck
and thence northward to the head of Peconic Bay.
Again Sept. 17th, 1666, a number of Indians claim
ing the right to Topping's purchase, gave a deed of
sale ofthe same to the "Townsmen of Southampton"
for such consideration as Gov. Nicoll shall determine.
It is quite certain that the first attempt at a
settlement here was in a place now called the Old
Town, about three-quarters of a mile from the main

THE SETTLEMENT. 23
street of the present village. Here they remained
for about eight years as appears from the following
orders. June 11th, 1647, ordered by the General Court
that "the towne is to be divided into fortie house
lots, some biger, some less."
" This instant, (the 23d of March) 1648, it is
ordered by the five men appoynted for towne affaires
that the whole towne shall ba called together on the
second day next, at the setting of the sunne, to con
sider of a town plot that shall be then and there
presented to them, and to determine concerning ye
said plot or some other that may bo presented by
any other man's advice, and also to consider of such
home accomadations as may bo most suitable to ye
comfort, peace and welfare of this plantation as
touching ye proportion to every man in his taking
up according to his valuation, and that there be men
appointed forwith to divide tho same, and this to
put in execution the order above written."
March 27i;h, 1648, three acres for a home lot was
settled upon as to the proportion to a fifty right.
The main street to this day retains the divisions
then made of house lots of three acres, though in the
changes of two centuries some of the old landmarks
have been removed. Here then at last they find
permanent homes after all their wanderings. The
articles of agreement entered into before their depar
ture from Lynn show that that they formed a joint
stock company, owning the land as tenants in com
mon until it was set apart according to the regulations
of the company to individual occupation. Each man

24 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
was entitled to a house lot of four acres, (afterwards
changed to three acres,) twelve acres for cultivation,
and about thirty-four acres of meadow and upland,
too-ether with a certain number of shares or rights in
the undivided common land, according to the amount
of money he had disbursed towards the expenses of
the settlement, and the purchase ofthe town. These
were called Proprietoi-'s Rights, and were handed
down with inherited estate from father to son. There
is no question but the land of the town was from the
first, and always down to the present time, owned in
two distinct modes or tenures — first, as divided into
certain lots, whether homesteads, meadows, uplands,
arable lands or wood-lands ; and secondly, the re
mainder of the undivided lands within the limits of
the town was owned by the proprietors, their heirs,
assigns or successors in joint tenantry. Latterly it
became a question whether under the patent of Gov.
Doji^gan, all of the inhabitants of the town had not
each an equal right in the undivided lands of the
town. The records preserve this distinction of ten
ure, and upon the coming of a stranger into the place,
it appears that he simply owned what he bought — a
purchased freehold estate by no means entitled him
to any share or right in the undivided land of the
town. He might purchase a proprietor right, but
the purchase itself proves the distinction of tenure.
Such is the historical view of this question — the leo-al
merits of which must be decided by the courts.
From the following extrait from the Town Re
cords, it will appear there was some difficulty with
the Indians concerning the title of the colony to
the lands of the town.

THE SETTLEMENT. 25
At a town meeting held in Southampton, the 23d
day of November, 1686, — it is agreed upon by major
vote of the town that Major John Howell shall go to
New York about the present affair of making good
our title to our lands called into question at Shinne
cock, and Henry Ludlam is likewise chosen to wait
upon him.
At the same meeting it is ordered that the paten
tees concerned in our patent, shall make a conveyance
of the land held within our township to the persons
respectively, according to the interest of allotment of
hundred and fifties, or fifties when they hold in this
town. Also, there are chosen six men to be a committee
in behalf of the men, to give Major Howell his
instructions, and also to attend Col. Young's when
he comes to hear the Indians acknowledge our deed ;
and the men so chosen are Mr. Edward Howell,
Henry Pierson, Matthew Howell, Thomas Cooper,
Obadiah Rogers, and Joseph Pierson.
The immediate result of this order was the obtain
ing of Gov. Dovfgan's Patent, dated Dec. 6 th, 1686,
which is given in the appendix. So far as the records
show, this step appeared to quiet the Indians until
1703, when, as before narrated, they united in con
veying the whole township again to the Colonists.
But besides this trouble with the Indians which is
alluded to in the records above rather indefinitely,
Gov. DoyfgsLJX issued an order that the towns on the
east end of Long Island should take out a patent
from himself. Against this order the people of
¦ Southampton protested on the ground that they were

26 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
living in peace and quiet possession of their lands
under a patent already given by the Govemor of the
Colony of New York, and that another patent was
superfluous. However, to keep the peace, and pre
vent trouble and litigation, they sent their committee
as before stated to obtain their patent. It is not
/ easy to discover any good reason why Gov. Do^gan
should issue such an order to these towns at that late
day, unless to make a show of his official authority.
As to the locality of the settlement, the mass of
evidence goes to show it was for the first few years
in the village alone. I concur with the opinion of Mr.
Wm. S. Pelletreau, who says on this point ;^otwith-
standing the common impression upon the subject, -
that settlements was begun simultaneously at North
Sea, Sagabonack and Southampton, it is certain such
was not the case ; nor is it at all probable that in the
beginning of the settlement and at a time when there
were but few families, and these in constant fear ofthe
Indians, they would ventui-e to scatter their numbers
so widely. The first permanent one, after the one at
Southampton, was at North Sea in 1647, when John
• Ogden received permission from the town to settle
there with six families, who were to have 321 acres
of land, and were to form a community by them
selves upon certain conditions agreed upon. No set
tlement appears to have been made at Sagabxinack
till some time after this, when various persons
owning land there began to build. In 1670, there
was quite a settlement upon the east side of Saga
bonack pond, (whence the present village of Sagg
derives its name,) and along the shores of Mecox Bay.

EARLY SETTLERS. 9'l
However, it would appear from the follow i?ig ord r
that North Sea was not settled till 1649.
" Feb. 21, 1649. It is gi-anted by the Major parte
of this towne that Mr. Ogden and his company shal I
have Cow Neck and Jeffery Neck for there own.>
proper rights; also, that they shall have for iheir
planning land within or without ye said necks threii
hundred 24 acres of said land provided they sutficientiy
fence it and upon the same grant they are to havc^
all the meadow betwixt the brook by the Sachera
Stoake and Hogneck Spring for there propei- Rigiit
provided it bee not above A mile from ye side, tiie
North Sea : under these conditions followino- : fiist
that the must pay to all Common Rates with tho
towne after ye rate of nine hundred pounds according
to the takeings up of those men that dwell in the
towne. 21y that Hee shall place there six familyes
or more that shall there Live and have there abod<\
Sly that in case the whole bounds of the towne come
to bee stinted for Cattill, then the must be stinted
for sumer-feed as they are that live at ye towne by
ye Same Rule in Common Rates as aforesaid is
alsoe included the misters means."
In 1679, Meacox is spoken of as " lately layed"
out to the inhabitants, and in 1680, Hogneck to be
soon divided.
The names of the eight original " undertakers"
are as follows : Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington,
Edmund Needham, Thomas Sayre, Josiah Stan
borough, George Welbe, Henry Walton, Job Sayre,
and, if we include the Captain of the Vessel, Daniel
How, making nine. To these were added eleven

28 HISTOKY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
other heads of families before the company departed
from Lynn, viz : John Cooper, Allen Breed, William
Harker, Thomas Halsey, Thomas Newell, John
FaiTington, Richard Odell, Philip Kyrtland, Natha
niel Kirtland, Thomas Famngton, and Thomas
Terry. During the next few years, the setlement was
further increased by the coming of Richard Barrett",
William Barker, William Barnes, John Bishop,
' Robert Bond, (1643,) John Bostjifick, Thomas Bur-
/nett, Ellis Cook, John Co/y, (1643) Samuel Dayton,
Fulk Davis, Christopher Foster, John Gosmer,
Thomas Goldsmith, James Hampton, John Hand,
James Herrick, Thomas Hildreth, John Jagger,
John Jennings, John Jessup, Anthony Ludlam,
John Lum or Loom, Robert Mei-win, Richard Mills,
John Moore, William Mulford, Robert M'oms, John
Oldfields, John Ogden, Henry Pierson, Richard Post,
Josepli Raynor, Vv^illiam Rogers, Robert Rose, Rich
ard Smyth, Richard Stratton, Thomas Talmage.,
Thomas Topping, William Wells, (1643,) John
White, Isaac Willman, and John Woodruff.
Many of these, however, stayed but a short time.
The following is a list of families mentioned above,
now extinct, or not residing in Southampton ; Bar-
/ker, Barnes, BaiTctt, Bond, Bostj((ick, Breed, Co^y,
Davis, Dayton, Farrington, Goldsmith. Gosmer,
Hampton, Hand, Harker, How, K_\Ttland, Lum,
Mills, Merwin, Moore, Mulford, Newell, Norris,
Odell, Ogden, Oldfields, Srayth, Stratton, Talmage,
Walton, Welbe, Wells and Willman.

t^IlK Si:i'Tl.KliS.

29

The two follow ing lists art' found in Liber
.\. No. 1, " A List of the fFreemen inhabiting
The Towne of Southampton, March ye 8th,
1649

. » »
ICdward Howell. tTent.
John Gosmer. Grcnt.
Johu Moore,
Richard OdeU. Gent.
Thomas Halsey.
.Tohn Howell,
William Browne.
John Cooper,

Thomas Snyrcs.
Job .Sayres,
Edward Johne.s,
.Tosiah Stanborough,
Thomas Talmage.
Riehard Smith.
Kichard Barrett,
John White.

A list of all the townsmen. Mav the lOth. 1649.

1. Mr. [Edward] Howell,
2. Mr. .[John] Oosmer.
3. Mr. [Thurston] Raynor.
4. Mr. [Richard] Oili'll.
5. Thomas Halsr-y.
6. John Howell.
7. John Cooper,
8. Thomas Cooper.
9 . Thomas Sayer.
10. .Tobe Sayer,
11. Edward Jones,
12. Josiah Stanborough.
13. Thomas Talmage.
14. Samuell Dayton.
15. Richard Smyth.
This list appears to include only the heads
of families, and probably those only who payed
taxes on real estate.

Hi. William Rogers,
17. William Browne,
18. Robert Merwin,
19. Thomas Vayle,
211. Richard Poste,
¦JL Thomas Hildreth,
'I'L Heury Pearson,
23. .lohn White,
24 Bills Cooke,
I'k Isake Willman,
26. Richard Barifett.A/

27. Seorge Wode,
28. Thomas Burnetl,
2!). John Jesepp.

* We have studiously copiorl thp old lists in each of the following *' Vtrhaii'i
'I Lilterati r,, ."

30

HISTOEY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

LIST OF INH.4B[TANTS IN 1657.
This is found in the Town Records and be
gins at the south end of the town on the east
side of the Main Street, and goes north to the
end, — then returning southwards on the west
side, and finally taking the eastern men and
•those of North Sea.

1.

Joseph Rainer,

( H>.«? Side. Mair/ St..)

2.

Richard Howell,

24. Daniel Sayre,

3.

Christopher Foster,

25. Francis Sayre,

4.

Joseph Foster,

26. Mr. Laughton,

5.

Edward Howell.

27. John Jagger,

6.

John Jessup,

28. WilUam RusseU,

( .

Thomas Goldsmith,

29. Samuel Johnes,

8.

Richard Barrett,

30. Isaac Halsey.

9.

Thomas Topping.

{Up tht Bm.)

10.

James Herrick,

31. Ben. Davis,

11.

Isaac Willman,

32. CorneUus Voncke,

12.

Ensign (Zerubbaljel)

33. John Cooper.

Philips,

( Wnst Side. Main Street again.)

13.

Henry Pierson,

34. John White,

14.

Obadiah Rogers,

35. Thomas Cooper,

T.'S.

Lient. (.losepli) I'osi,

36. Thomas Sayre.

16.

Thomas Burnett.

37. Edmund HoweU,

17.

Jo. Woodrutr.

38. Mr. Foi-dham, (Rev.

18.

John Foster,

Robert)

19.

.Tonas Bow re, (or

39. Joseph Fordham,

Bower)

40. Mr. John Howell,

20.

Robert Woolloy.

41. Thomas Halsey.

21.

Mr. (.Tames) Hamptim,

42. Jonatham Raylior.

22.

Joshua Barnes.

Ea.itei-n Me&.

23.

John Bishop.

43. Thomas Halsev. Jr.

THE SKTTI.ERS.

:ii

14. Benjamin Foster.
45. Henry Ludlam,
46. Anthony Ludlani.
47. Ellis Cooke.
48. Arthur Howell.
49. John Topping.
50. Pereg^^'Staubrouiih
51. Josiah Staubrough.
(North *.j Men.)
52. John Rose.
53. Christopher Lupton,

."14. Geors't' Hiuris.
."15. l^iohard Smith,
56. Charles Stj^rmy. M-/
57. Samuel Clarke,
58. Thomas Shaw,
59. Ben. itainfes.
60. Mr. Jennings,
61. John Davis.

NuTK.— It is quite possible that
Thomas Halsey, Jr., shoul.d complete
the list of mc-n on west side Ot Main
Street.

After laying out the land in Sagg, or Saga
bonack as it was called, intoforty-one lots, they
were taken up by the proprietdrs according to
their several interests in the undivided land
as follows by the Record.
3AGAB0NACK DIVISIO.N
1. Richard Barret.

2. Thomas Sayre.
3. Mr. ffordham.
4. Mr. Odell,
5. Mr. Johnes.
6. John White,
7. Obadiah Rogers,
8. Edward Howell, 100,
and Mrs. Stanborough
in Right of Thomas
Post, a fifty.
9. Joshua Barnes 100, and
John Bishop, a fifty.
10. John Lum 100, and Mr.
Edward Howell.
fifty,
II. .fohn Jessup 100, iinri
John Cooper, .Tr.. fifty.

KKB., 1654.
12. Wm Rogers 100, and
Bartho. Smith fift.v.
13. Thomas Halsey.
14. EUis Cooke 100, Johii
Jagger fifty.
15. Joseph Rainer 100 Mr.
Rainer fifty.
16. Thomas Burnett 100,
John Howell fifty.
17. Geo. Wood 100, Widow
Briggs fifty.
18. .Mr. fibrdham.
19. Mr. Sraith,
20. John Howeli.
21. Mr Rainer,
22. Thomas Hildreth 100,
Mr. Hatr()'t"n fiffy

.32

HISTORY OF SOUTH AMPTHN.

23. Isack Willman. Wil
liam Paine.
24. Henry Pierson,
25. Richard Post 100, Tho.
Sayre fifty.
26. Tho. Goldsmith 100.
John Oldfield fifty.
27. Christopher tfoster,
iV/ 28. Thos. STallsey,
' 29. Jonas Wood.
30. John Cooper. Sim.

3L .Mr. ffeild. Isack Will-
man.
32. Sara ; Dayton,
33. Mr. Stanborough,
or' [ Captaine Topping.
36. Thomas Cooper'
37.1 :i8.
39.40. I
41. Mr. Gosmer 'i Jonas
Bower for the other 'a.

i .Mr. Howell.
• Mr. .Tohu Conper.

K LIST OF INHABITAiVTS OF NORTH SEA, 1668.
John Jennings, Richard Smith. Deborah .Scott. Samuel Clarke.
Christopher Lupton, John Davis, George Harris, John Rose.
Thomas Shaw and Benjamin Haines.
INHABITANTS OF NORTH SEA IN 1687.
The following list of inhabitant.^ of North
Sea in 1687, is taken from the Town Records.
Samuel Clarke, Benjamin Haynes, John Kijse. Joseph Lupton,
j.^/ John Davis. Thomas Shaw, Richard Sraith, .fecoifiah S.'itt. John
' Rose, .Tr,, (ii'orge Harris. James White and Ssuiuel Cooper.
" A list of ye Inhabitants of ye Towne of
Southampton, old and young Christians and
Hethen ffreenien and servants, white and
black. Anno. 1698."
From Doc. Hist., New York, \^ol. 1, p. 665.
1 William Jeuninys, ,^ joi„) Haines.
2 Saran.l Jenuings. ,; jn„,pj, Haine-. Jr.
3 Beiij-n Uaiii.'s. 7 Thomas .-^h^M.
1 Beiij'ii H-.iiiies. Jr. | ,x David fraia-. ^.

THE SETTLERS.

.3.3

9 Frances Shaw,
10 John Shaw,
1 1 Samuell Clark,
12 Samuell Clark, Jr.
13 Elish Clai-k,
14 Eliphalett Clark,
15  Clark,
16  Clark,
IT Jeehamiah Scott,
18 John Scott,
19 George Haiis,
20 George Haris, Jr.
21 Joseph Smith,
22 Will Smith,
23 Thomas Smith,
24 Abiell Davis,
25 Balhariah Davis,
26^ John Davis, Jr.
27 Eldad Davis,
28 John Davis,
29 Thomas Lupton,
30 Joseph Lupton,
31 Richard Minthorn,
32 Jeremiah Jager,
33 Jeremiah Jager, Jr.
34 John Jager, Jr.
35 John Erie,
36 David Erie,
37 Samuel Cooper,
38 James White,
39 Ichabod Cooper,
40 Peter White,
41 James Cooper,
42 James Cooper, .Tr.
43 John Cooper.
5

44 Nathan Cooper,
45 Abraham Cooper,
46 John Reeves,
47 John Reeves, Jr.
48 Thomas Reeves,
49 Gersham Culver,
50 Jeremiah Culver,
51 David Culver,
52 Jonathan Culver,
53 Moses Culver,
54 Nahum Culver.
55 John Bishope, Jr.
56 Joseph Poast,
57 Will Mason,
58 Johu Poastt,
59 Richard Poast,
00 Thomas Sayre,
Cl Will tfoster,
62 Charles Topping,
63 tfrancis Sayre,
64 lchab</d Sayre,
Co Caleb Sayre,
66 Caleb Gilbord,
67 DanieU Sayi-e,
C8 Ephraim Sayre,
69 Nathan Sayre,
70 John Bishop,
'71 Samuell Bishope,
72 Josiah Bishope,
73 John Bishope,
7 1 Joshew Barns,
75 Samuell Barns,
76 Robert Wooly,
77 John Wooly,
78 Wooly .Tcseph,

.34

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

79 Isaac Bower,
80 Jonah Bower,
81 David Bower,
82 Daniel Bower,
83 .fohn foster,
84 Johu Foster, .Ir.
85 David ffoster,
86 .foaatham foster,
87 John ffoster, Terts,
88 Jermiah foster,
89 Joseph Hildreth,
90 .foseph Hildreth, Jr.
91 Nathan Hildreth,
92 Isaak Hildreth,
93 Ephraim Hildreth,
94 Daniel Hildreth,
9.5 Jonathan Hildreth,
96 John Woodrnfe,
97 Sara'll Woodrnfe,
98 Joseph Woodrnfe,
99 Benj'n woodrnfe.
100 Nathanl woodrufe.
101 Jonathan woodiufe,
102 Isaac woodi'ufe,
lO:; John Burnut.
104 Sainnl Butler,
10.) Gidiau Bntter,
106 Nathaniel 1 Bullor,
107 Obedia Roiiners,
108 Obadiah Johnson.
109 Ensn .loseph Peirsnn,
no Henry Peii'sou,
11 1 Josepli Pi'irson.
112 Epliraim Poirson,
11 :i Ram'll Peivsnn.

114 Thomas Parvine,
115 Thomas Pervine, Jr.
lie Lift Thomas Stephens,
117 Isaack Willman,
118 James Willman,
119 Daniel! Davis,
120 WiU. Hericke,
121 WiU. Hericke, .Tr.
1 22 John Herick,
123  Herick,
124 Thomas Hericke,
125 Ropert Patin,
126 Ephraim Topping,
127 Thomas Toping,
128 Thomas Toping,
129 Mr. William Barker.
Esq..
130 Mr. John Wick,
131 Job Wick.
132 Arther Davis,
133 .Tohn Cai/lith, ur-/
134 Joseph Howell,
135 Zebdlun Howell,
136 Joseph Howell, Jr.
137 James Howell,
i:'.,"^ John Ware,
139 .Taeob Ware,
140 John Ware, .Tr.
141 John Je.'i.sup,
1-12 Isaac .Ip,s.sup,
143 Jer : .Tessup,
1 44 Henry .Tessup.
145 Thomas Jessup,
146 Mr. Edward Howell,
1-17 Sainnol Howell,

THE SETTLEKS.

148 Jonah HoweU,
149 Edward HoweU, .Tr.
150 Ben.i'n Howell,
151 Tho: HoweU,
152 Joseph foster,
153 Christopher ffoster,
lo4 Joseph foster,
155 DanieU ffoster,
156 nathan ffoster.
159 John Howell,
158 Manassa Kempton,
159 Richard Howell,
160 Richard Howell, .jr.
161 Hezechia Howell,
162 Edward HoweU,
163 Obadiah Howell.
164 Chris: Howell,
165 Joseph Goodale,
166 Jonathan Goodale.
167 Joseph Goodale,
168 Will Goodale.
169 Benj'n MarshaU,
170 Jonathan Raynor,
171 Jonathan Raynor, jr.
172 Richard Wood,
173 Isaac Halsey,
174 Ephraim Halsey,
175 Nathaniel HoweU,
176 Nehemiah HoweU,
177 Henry Howell,
178 Ensn .Toseph ffordham,
179 Joseph ffordham, jr.
180 "fella tie ffordham,
181 John WUlman,
182 Mr, Jonah fordham,

1S3 Jonah fordham, jr.
184 Mr, Joseph Whitin,
185 Samuel Whitin,
186 .Toseph Whitin, jr.
187 Benj'n Whitin,
188 WiU Blyeth,
189 Benj'n Hildreth,
190 Job Sayre,
191 Benj'n Sayre,
192 John UaXpej.^i-/
193 Ephrm Whit,
194 Stephen White,
195 Charles White,
196 Isaac Halsey,
197 Isaac Halsey, jr.
198 Isaac Halsey. Terts,
199 Joshua Halsey,
200 Thomas Halsey,
201 Samuell Halsey,
202 Samuell Johnes,
203 Samuell Johnes, jr.
204 nathan HoweU.
20.'-, Israel Howell,
206 Ezekiel HoweU,
207 John Jager,
208 John Jager, jr.
209 Samuell Jager,
210 Jonathan Jagger,
211 Benj'm Jager,
212 Josiah HoweU,
213 DanieU Howell,
214 Timith: HUeyrd,
215 Thomas Hongson,
216 John Mowbry,
217 Anning Mowbry, ,-

36

HISTORY' OF SOUTHAMrTON.

218 Samuell Clark,
219 Jermiah Clark,
220 Charles Clark,
221 WiU Clark.
222 Richard Rounesfield,
223 Richard Rounesfield,
224 David Howell,
225 .Tohn Rayne.
220 Ephraim HoweU,
227 Ephraim Howell,
228 Samuell Howell.
229 Isaac Rayner,
230 DanieU Halsey,
231 Richard Halsey,
232 Daniel! Hallsey, jr.
233 Lift. Abraham Howell
234 Abraham HoweU,
235 Charles Howell,
236 Phillip Howell,
237 E1>enezer HoweU,
238 John S.iyre,
239 John Sayre,
240 Thomas Sayre.
241 Lott Burnot,
242 Joseph Burn ott.
243 David Bnrnott.
244 Nathan Burnott,
245 Jonathan Burnot,
246 Samiel Burnot,
247 Isaac Burnott,
248 Thomas fibster
219 Benj'n ffoster,
250 David ITostor,
251 Jonathan ffoster.

252 Isaac ffoster,
253 Nathanel Hasey,
254 Jonnathan Howell,
255 Jonathan Howell jr.
256 Jnre Howell, I xan,/
257 David HoweU,
258 Josiah Halsey,
259 Josiah Halsey, jr.
260 Jonathan Halsey,
261 Benj'n fibster, jr.,
262 Henry Ludlam,
263 j(iU Ludlam, W/
264 Henry Ludlam, jr.
265 Jeremiah Ludlow^
266 ^biell Cook,
267 Abiel Cook, jr,
268 Josiah Cooke,
269 Thomas Rose,
270 Israeli Rose,
271 Humphrey Huse,
272 John Parker,
273 Abner Hnse.
274 Wniiam Rose,
275 Uriah Huse,
276 John Masen,
277 Jedadia Huse.
278 James ffoster.
279 John Huse,
280 David Halsey,
281 Abraham Haley,
282 David Rose,
283 James Rose,
284 David Rose, jr.
285 Anthony Lndlom.

THE SETTLERS.

37

28ti James Herick,
287 Aron Burnoti,
288 Aaron Burnott, Jr.
289 moses Burnat,
290 Jonah Rogers.
291 Jonah Itogers.
292  Rogers,
293 James Hiine.s,
294 Samuell Haines,
29.-1 Ellis Cook,
296 Charles fordham.
297 John Cook,
298 John Cook. Jr.
299 EUias Cooke,
300 Obadia Cook,
301 Elijah Cook,
302 Ensn John Lupton,
303 Christopher Lupton,
304 Benj'n lupton.
305 Samuell Loome.
396 Mathew Loome,
307 Samuell Loome,
308 Isaac Mills.
309 Isaac JliUs, Jr.
310 Thomas Cooper,
311 Thomas Cooper, Jr.
312 Jonathan Miles,
313 Richard Cooper,
314 Joseph Moore.
315 Joseph more.
316 Benj'n More,
317 Elisha Houell,
318 LemueU Howell,
319 Martine Rose,

320 .laoob Wood,
321 Lenard Hasy,
322 WiUiam Tarbill,
323 Will TarbUl. Jr.
324 John MichiU,
325 John MichiU, Jr.
326 Jermiah Halsey,
327 Jere : Halsey, Jr.
328 Benony Nutton,
329 Benj'n Nuton,
330 Isaac Nuton,
331 Jonathan Nuton,
332 John Nnton,
333 Jam"S Hildreth,
334 James Hildreth, Jr.
335 Joshua Hildreth,
336 EzekiU Sanford.
337 EzekiU Sanford, Jr.
338 Thomas Sanford,
339 SamueU Barbur,
340 Jonathan Strickling.
341 Nathaniell Resco. Jr.
3t2 Josiah Hand,
313 Natha : Resco,
344 .\mij. Resco,
34.') Peregrin Stanbrough,
346 James Stanbrough,
347 Doct. Nath. Wade,
348 Simon Wade,
349 Alexander Wilmot,
350 Joseph Wickham,
351 Joseph Wickham, Jr.
352 Thomas Diamond,
353 Capt. EInathan Topp
ing.

38

HISTORY or SOUTHAMPTON.

354 Stephen Topping.
355 SUlvanus Topping.
356 Edward Petty,
357 EU nathan Petty,
358 Edward Pety. Jr.
359 Josiah Topping.
360 Josiah Topp ng. .Tr.
361 Hezekia Topping.
362 Robert Noris,
363 Robert Noris Jr.
364 Oliver Noris.
365 Mr. Ebenezer White,
366 Elnath White,
367 Lift. CoU. Henry Peir-
son,
368 John Peirson,
369 David Peirson,
370 Theophilus Peirson,
371 Abraham Peirson.
372 Josiah Peirson.
373 Bennony fiint,
374 John fflint.
375 John .Morehouse,
376 John Morehonsi>. Jr.
377 Peter Noris,
378 Lift. TheophUus How
eU,
379 Theoph : Howell. Jr.
380 Cniey [Elihu?] How
eU,
381 Theoder Peirson,
382 Theoder Peirson,
383 John Stanbrough,
384 John Stanbrough, Jr.
385 Daniel! Sayre, Jr,

r.86 Daniel! Sayre, Terts.
:',87 Dan. Burnot,
388 Ichabod Burnot;
389 Dan Burnot. .Ir.

The number of Male Chris
tians, 389. FFEAMALES.
1 Ann Peirkins.
2 Hannah Haines,
3 Lidia Haines,
4 mary Haines,
5 mary Shaw.
6 Susanah Shaw,
7 Jeane Shaw,
8 Sarah Clark.
9 mary Clark,
10 Ester Clark,
J 1 Sarah Clark.
12 mary Scott,
13 Sarah Haris,
1 1 Eunice Haris,
1 .') Mary Haris,
lii ilary Davis.
17 Mary Lupton,
!'< mary lupton,
19 Hanah luptons,
2(1 abigaill luptons,
2 1 Abigail! Rose,
22 Hanah Rose,
23 abigaile Rose. Jr.
24 Sarah Bose,
2.'> Hanah Rose,

THE SETTLERS.

39

26 .Martha Rose,
27 debro Rose.
28 Hanah Jager.
29 Sarah Jager'
30 Hanah Jager.
31 Elizabeth Davis.
32 Mahitable Davis.
33  Jager,
34 mary Erie.
35 Mary Cooper,
36 Sarah Cooper,
37 Mary Cooper, .Tr.
38 Elizabeth Cooper.
39 Elizabeth Cooper. Jr.
40 Jeru=h C npi-r,
41 Phebe Cooper.
42 Elisabeth Cooper. Jr.
43 Johana Cooper,
44 mahitable Cooper,
45 mary Culver.
46 mary Culver, Jr.
' 47 Rachcll Reeves,
48 Lidia Bishop.
49 Abigaile Bishop,
50 marey Bishop,
51 Ennis Bishop,
52 Sarah Poast,
53 Mary Poast,
54 Mary Poast, Jr.
55 Patience Sayere,
56 mary Davis,
57 Sarah Sayre,
58 mary Sayre,
59 mary Sayre,

60 Au Halsey,
61 Abigaile Reeves.
62 EUisabeth gilbord.
63 Cetbia Gilbord,
64 mary Gilbord.
65 Hanah Sayre,
66 Mary Bishop,
(17 Susanah Bishope,
68 Susanah Bishop, Jr.
69 Sarah Bishop.
70 Mary Bishop,
71 Patience Barns,
72 Sarah Barns.
73 Ann Wooly,
74 Ann Wooly.
75 Elisabeth Wooly,
76 Hanah wooly,
77 Phebe wooly,
78 mary wooly,
79 Nsrwig Travely, X^t'^'vi^'^'''^,
80 Susanah Boswick,
81 Ruth bower,
S-2 .Mahitabell Bower,
83 Sarah Erie,
84 Sarah ffoster,
85 Phebe foster,
86 Hanah foster,
87 Hanah foster,
88 Hanah foster,
39 Hana foster,
90 Hanah Hildreth,
91 Hanah woodrufe,
92 Sarah woodrufe,

./.

40

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

93 Hanah Woodrnfe,

127 EUisabeth ware,

94 Abigaile Woodrufe.

128 Eisabeth Jesup,

95 Elisabeth woodrufe,

129 mary Jessup,

96 EUisabeth Butler,

130. Hanah Jessup,

97 martha Butler,

131 Martha Davis,

98 Sarah Butler,

132 Sarah Jessup,

99 Anny Butler,

133 mary Howell,

IOO mary Butler.

134 mary Howell,

101 mary Rogers,

135 Ireniali Roggers,

102 mary Rogers, Jr,

136 mindwell Erie,

103 mary Rogers, ter.

137 Mrs. Mary Howell,

104 Sary Rogers,

138 Sibell Howell,

105 debro Rogers,

139 Elisabeth Simpkins

106 Patience Rogers,

140 Johanah Howell,

107 mary Peirson,

141 AbigaU ffoster.

108 Rebecka Parvin.

142 Sarah ffoster.

109 Elisabeth Staephens,

143 mahitabell ffoster.

110 Phibe Steephens,

144 Damary ffoster,

111 Susanah Stevens,

1 15 Pennellopie ffoster.

112 Snsana willman,

146 EUisaliHth Howell,

113 hanah willmans.

147 Dorkis Howell,

114 Elisbeth VVUlmans,

I4,S Sary Howell.

115 mahitable hericke.

149 Sarah Howell,

116 Irenia Hericke,

150 abigaile Howell,

117 Phebe Hericke,

151 Elizabeth Goodale.

118 mahital)le Herick,

152 mai-y Goodale,

119 Martha Herick,

153 Hanah Goodale.

120 Debro Toping,

154 Sarah Raynor,

121 Hanah Reeves.

155 Debrah Raynor,

122 Temprance Wick,

156 Hanah Raynor,

123 Temprance Wick,

157 Sarah ffeild, ij
158 Mary Halsey,

124 Lidia Howell,

125 Bethia HoweU,

159 mahitable Halsey,

126 (heelove Howell,

160 mary Halsey,

THE SETTLERS.

41

161 Sarah minthorn,
162 Mrs. Susanah Howell,
163 Prudence HoweU,
164 Hanah HoweU.
165 mahite HoweU.
166 Martha HoweU.
167 mary fordham
168 mary fordham. Jr.
169 mary fordham. 3d.
170 Phebe fordham,
171 allath fordham,
172 Deborah Whiting.
17.S Rebecca Whiting.
174 Hanah Whiting.
175 EUisabeth Whiting.
176 Susannah Maltley,
177 Sa.sanah Sayre.
178 E.>«ter fordham,
179 Keziah fordham,
180 Hanah fordham.
181 Ruth White,
182 Sarah white.
183 mary Halsey.
184 Elizabeth Halsey.
185 Pheby Halsey,
186 Hanah Erie,
187 mary Poast,
188 Sarah Poast,
189 Dorithee Poast.
190 martha Poast.
191 Deborah Poast,
192 Ester .Tohnes,
193 Phebe Johnes,
194 Mrs. Mary Howell.
7

195 Euuis Howell,
196 Jerusha Howell,
197 Hanah Jager,
198 Lidia Jagger,
199 Hanah Melvine,
200 Margret Hilyard,
201 mary Howell,
202 Mistris Anning,
203 Hanah Clark,
204 Pheebe Clark,
205 Hanah Rounsifield,
206 Martha Rouniifield,
207 AbigaUl wilson,
208 Hanah Howell,
209 Sarah Howell,
210 Hanah HoweU,
211 Judith HoweU,
212 Ann Howell,
213 GrisUl Howell,
214 Aney Halsey,
215 Hulda Erie,
216 EUisabeth Halsey,
217 Debro Halsey,
218 MaryRanr,
219 Phebe Raynr.
220 Hanah Rayor,
221 Sarah Sayre,
222 Sarah Sayre,
223 Damorus Sayre,
224 Phebe Burnatt,
225 Lidia foster,
226 Elisabeth White,
227 Debro'foster,
228 Zeruiah foster,

42

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

229 Annah Halsey,
230 Hanah Howell.
231 Zerusah HoweU,
232 mary HoweU,
233 Temprance Halsey,
234 Sarah Halsey,
235 Temprance Halsey.
236 abigaile Halsey,
237 martha foster,
238 Bothy foster,
.239 martha foster,
240 Sarah faster,
241 Rachel! Ludlom,
242 Jane Lndlam,
243 Abigaile ludlom,
244 Rachell Ludlom. Jr.
245 ffrances Cooke,
246 ffrances Cooke, Jr.
247 Hanah Rose,
248 Hanah Rose,
249 Sarah Hericke,
250 Elisabeth Burnot,
251 Elisabeth Burnott,
252 Hanah Burnot,
253 Mary Parker,
254 Ester Rose,
255 Hanah Halsey,
256 Hanah Halsey,
257 Prudence Halsey,
258 Patience Ludlom,
259 Patience Ludlom,
260 Phebe Rogers,
261 Phebe Rogers,
262 Sarah Hainos.

263 Sarah Haines,
264 Sarah MichiU,
265 Elisabeth Cook,
266 Susanah Cook,
267 Hanah Shaw,
268 EUisabeth Cook,
269 Martha Cook,
270 Hanah Lupton.
271 Hanah Lupton.
272 Lidia Lupton,
273 mary Laughton,
274 Hanah Lome,
275 Abigaile Lome,
276 Hanah Loome.
277 .Tohanah nuton,
278 Johanah nuton,
279 Ester leeming,
280 Hannah Cooper.
281 Sarah Toping,
282 Sarah .More.
283 Elisabeth more.
284 S.^nih more, .Tr.
2S5 miry more,
286 Hanah Sayre,
287 Damones Howell,
288 EUiner Howell,
289 Penellopie Howell,
290 abiecah HoweU,
291 mary Tai-biU,
392 mary tarbill.
293 mary Haris,
2!i4 mary haris,
295 Deborah Hildreth,
296 Deborah Hildreth,

THE SETTLERS.

43

297 Hanah Sanford,

325 mary noris.

298 Hanah Sanford.

326 Sarah noris.

299 Elisabeth nuton.

327 Hanah leeming.

300 Phebe nuton.

328 Mrs. mahitable White,

SOI annah Halsey,

329 Elisabeth laughton,

302 annah Halsey.

330 Mrs. Susanah Peirson,

303 Johanah Resco.

331 abigaile Toping,

304 Mary barbur.

332 Hanah Peirson,

305 deliverance priest.

333 Sarah Peirson,

306 mary barbur.

334 mary flint.

307 mary Strickland,

335 mary flint.

308 mary hand.

336 Hanah flintt.

309 Abigaile vade.

337 Sarah noris.

310 Sarah Stanbrough,

338 Hanah noris,

311 oUive .Stanbrough,

339 Elisabeth noris,

'^12 Ennis Stan bTiiii>Tli

313 EUisabeth Stanbrough.

340 Debro HoweU,

314 mary WillmoU,

341 Phebee HoweU,

315 Sarah Wickham.

342 hauah noris.

316 miry Topping.

343 ffrances Peirson,

317 raary Bayli e.

344 Ana Peirson,

318 Hannah Topping.

345 Martha Stanbrough,

319 Hanah Toping.

346 Martha Stanbrough,

320 Temprance Toping,

347 Sai-ah Sayre,

321  Toping,

348 Hanah Sayre,

322 Martha huse.

349 Sarah Sayre,

323 Hanah Noris.

350 AbigaUe Burnot.

324 Hanah noris,

fenmale christians 349.
( ^S'lt will be noticed the clerk makes a mistake of one in the
eum total of femalef, but the reader will bear in mind that in
copying the foregoing and foUowing lists from the old documents,
we have used the utmost care to present them 'Verlatim et Literatim,
regardless of their numerous errors and inconsistencies, in Ihe use
uf capital letters, speUing, <tc., Ac. G. R. H.)

44 HISTOBT OP SOUTHAMPTON.
NEGRO MAt.ES.
WiU, John, Peter, Dick, Tom, Peter, Guie, Jack, Jack, Dick,
Ceaser, Cisto, Jethro, Jack, Titus, Jefery, Lewis, Brigitt, Mingo,
Dick, Tittns, Tom, WUl, Jack, ffranck, Ceser, Samson, Jehue, Nero,
George, Sambo, Ned, Tobee. 40 names. [7 u.\rae» destroyed.]
NEGRO FEMALES.
Ann, bety. Isabell. Bety, Elisabeth, Perie, Mariah, Abee, Sarah,
Hanah, Joane, Sarah, bety, Joane, Hager, bety, Hanah, Rachell,
Judith, Judith, Jinny, Simony, Rueth, Rneth, Dorekis, Smone,
Pegree, PhiUs. hitabel, Sarah, Sarah, Rose, Mayery, hanah, melly,
Dinah, Bess, Simony. Female negro personfi — 43. [6 names de-
stroyed.]

The number of Christian Males Is  389 I -jg
The number of Christian ffemales is, . . ,349 (
The number of negro Slaves men is. . . .040 \_ ^gg
The number of women negro Slaves is 043 (

821

Indian males that are upwards of fifteen years— the Squas and
children, few of whom have any nam.
•J Chii^e, Indian, Johnson, Indian,  .^rther. Indian, An-
'thony, Indian, Thamauty, Indian, .Tohnaqnan. Indian, quef-gano,
Indian. Lenard, Indian, Pisacomary. Indian. Jefery. Indian. Rhich-
oam, Indian, Red hed will, Indian, Pomquaneo. Indian, Simon, In
dian, Canady, Indian, Tohemon, Indian. Coyemow. Indian, ffranok,
Indian, Toby, Indian, Macrobow. Indian, nabamacow, Indian, Philip,
Indian, Sam, Indian, Tom lenard, Indian, Dick, Indian, Plato, Indian,
Tom-hodge, Indian, Denitt, Indian, obedia. Indian, Cuttua-s, Indian,
Abraham, Indian, Isaac, Indian. Sam, Indian, Steephen. Indian,
nodian, Indian, Judas, Indian, Weegon, Indian, Cough. Indian, Sam,
Indian, William, Indian, na, Indian, Chitty, Indian, Harj, Indian,
Joseph, Indian, Tom, Indian, waynantuck, Indian, waneno, Indian,
Titus, Indian.
The number of ludiaus upwards of IS yeara, . 52
The Indians Informes there ia about ihe same number of
woomen, and as many Children. - - - 100 1.V2

rSlK SETTLKK^V. -i^
; ." The hethen are So Scattered To and frow that
they cuu neither be Sumonsed in  *
¦• The above listt of the InJiabitants of ye Towm
of Southampton, Taken by me this 15th day of Sep
tember, 169S. Mathfiw Howell." -
Note. — The figures prefixed to the names in the
above lists are not found in the original, but are
added for convenient reference.
It may be remarked that of the list of males above
given, the first thirty-six or seven lived in North Sea.
From No. 38 to about No. 55, ' are gireh the resi
dents on the west or hill street. From "No; 56 "to
168, residents in the town 8;j;reet, on the east side,
including, it may be, a few, in the street leading to
Bridge Hampton and Toilsome Lane : the lifet begins'
at the north and progresses southward.' - From 169
to 213, commencing at the south end of the west side
of the town street and proceeding northwards, the
lists embraces all therein residing. From 214 or
perhaps 218 to 268 or perhaps 270, the residents of
Wickapogue, Cobb, Waterroill and the aeighJaQring;
region are given. From 270 to the close are recor
ded the inhabitaats ©f Mecox, Sagg aind Bckige
Hafflpton. In the list of females above given we notice, the
name of Marj' occurs 61. times ; Hannah, 57 ; Sarah,'
43 ; Elizabeth, 27 ; Abigail, 14 ; Phebe, 14 ; De--
-borah, 11 ; Susanah, 10 ; Mehetabel 9 ; and Joana,
5 times. Among the names of the male inhabitants we find
•Mauuscript fofri.
8

46

HISTORY OF SOtTTHAMPTON.

the name of John occurring 50 times ; Joseph, 24 ;
Thomas, 22 ; Samuel, 21 ; Isaac, 15 ; BenjamiB,"
14 ; Jonathan, 14 ; William, 14 ; David, 13 ; James,
13 ; Daniel, 10 ; Jeremiah, Josiah and Richard, each
9 times ; Ephraim, 8 ; Jonah, Henry and Nathan,
each 6, and Abraham and Edward, each 5 times.

"The Estemate of the Towne of Southampton for
the yeare 1683."
From Doc. Hist, of N. T., Vol. 2, page 536.

No.dfPoU8.

£ ». d.

No. of Polls.

£ t.d.

0. Widow Hannah How

1. Simon Hillyard

023 00 00

ell

267 00 00

1. Benjamin Hand

086 00 00

3. John Anning

088 10 00

1. Thomas Rose

047 10 00

3. Capt. John Howell 442 10 00

1. John Barnett

056 06 08

2. Lieft. Joseph Fori

l-

1. Joieph More

083 00 00

ham

459 10 00

2. WUlm. Hakelton

04100 00

3. ThomM Halsey

411 16 08

1. ThomM Burnett

119 06 08

5; Kdward Howell

400 00 00

1. Mr. Philhps

16106 08

2. Peregrine Stan

0. Mrs. Mary Taylor

brough

320 16 08

widow

064 13 04

2. Job Saiyre

164 10 00

2. Francis Sayre

178 00 00

1. Jsmes Topping

249 06 08

2. Isaac Halsey

345 00 00

1. Benjamin Palmer

089 00 00

3. John Jessup

360 06 08

1. Josiah Stanbrow

130 00 00

2. Henry Ludlam

203 13 04

3. John Davess

140 00 00

1. Lott Burnett

100 00 00

2. John Rose

133 00 00

1. James Hildreth

O.S0 00 00

1. Joi«.eph Po»t

062 03 04

1. Kzekiell Sanford

060 00 00

THK SKTTLKRS.

47

Peter Nori«

£ f. d.
051 00 00

2.

Robert Norrisa

052 00 00

Joseph Marshall
058 00 00
John Rainor
094 00 00
John Jennings
129 10 00
Isaac Rainer
064 00 00
James White
092 16 08
John Lupton
067 00 00
Widow Mary Rai
ner
166 00 (10
Benony Newton
067 00 00
Samuel Mills
032 00 00
Samuel Lum
076 00 00
Edmond Clarke
056 00 10
Widow Sarah Coo
per
337 06 08
Obadiah Rogers. Jr 052 00 00
Tho : Travally
229 10 00
Mr. Jonah Fordham 081 13 04
Josiah Halsey
125 13 04
Christoplier Learn
ing
053 13 04
Jonathan Rainor
197 03 04
Daniel! Sayre
207 03 04
Joseph Sayre
023 00 00
Benjamin Pierson
051 06 08
^ohn Laaghton
Charles Stnrmey
Joseph Foster
098 06 08
198 10 00
138 03 04
Obadiah Roggere
200 16 08
Joseph Peirson .127 06 08
Timac Mills 089 03 04
-Samael Whitehead 053 00 00
Robert Woolly 118 00 00
Thomas Cooper, Jr 163 00 00
3.1.
£ I. d.
. Joshua Barnes and
Sam 232 13 04
, John Jagger 289 10 00
, Thomae Cooper 209 06 08
, Widow Martha
Cooke 194 13 04
. John Foster 178 06 08
. John Laurison 254 00 00
. John Howell, Jr. 121 10 00
. John Earle 046 00 00
. Christo : Foster 074 00 00
. Richard Post 100 06 08
. Abraham HoweU 043 00 00
.John Post 169 13 04'
. David Brigs 040 00 00
, Samuel Clark : old
towne 059 lO 00
. David HoweU 0^ 00 00
. Josiah Laughton 024 00 00
. Ben ; Davess 107 06 08
. NathanU Short 030 00 00
, Thomas Steephens 080 00 00
Gersham Culvet 098 06 08
. Thomas Goodwin 030 6o 00
. Isaac Cory 1*8 03 04
John Bishop, Jr. 055 13 00
, Samuel Johnes 249 16 08
, Abraham WiUman 054 10 00
Henry Peirsoa 136 10 00
Samuel Clarke, No.
Sea. lis 00 00
, John Woodroufe 160 00 00
, EInathan topping 275 00 00
, John Bishop 214 00 00
Isaac Willman 187 10 00
4»

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

i. fflinB*h Topping, £' 's. d,
widaw, 181(00 00
1. Humphrey Hughes 052 06 08
1. Thomas Reeves ' 101 00 00
1. John Cooke
/¦ 1. John Mapp^
1. Shamger Hand
1, John Else,
1. Benony Flinte,
1. Joseph Hidreth
¦/I. John Carrfiihy
2. Richard Howell
2. Thomas Shaw
1, Edmond Howell
3. Xtopher Lupton
1. George Harriss
1. Richard Howell. Jr 030 00 00
1. John Morehouse 064 00 00
1. WUliam Mason
2. James Herrick
1. William Herrike
3. Benjamin Foster
1, Aron Burnett
0. Widow Fowler
1. Benjamin Haines
1. Mathew Howell
1. Maiiassah Keinpton 018 00 00
1. GeOrge Owen "023 00 00

169 00 00
112 13 04
089 13 04
030 06 08
060 00 00
100 00 00
040 00 00
250 00 00
060 00 00
240 00 00
200 00 00
137 00 00

050 00 00
180 00 00
039 00 00
220 00 00
037 00 00
027 00 00
140 00 00
070 00 00

£ s. i.
1. Mr. WiUiam Barker 060 00 00
1. WHl'm Simpkins 040 00 00
1. Mr. HenryGrareingOlSOOOO
1. John Gould 040 00 00
1. .Toseph- Whitehead 030 00 00
L SamneU Cooper 035 00 W
1. J. Barthallomew 018 OOOO
1. Onesiphorus Stand-
ley 018 00 00-
2. Abram Hanke, 060 00 00
1. Zachary Lanraose 018 00 00
1. Callob Carjlitby 018 OQ-flO;
1. John Petty O.SO 00 00
1. Thomas Shaw. Jr. 018 00 OO
1. Isaac Willman, Jr. 030 OOOO
0 Robert Kallem 010 00 00
0. George Hethcote, 022 00 00

John Sanders
1. John Woolley
1. Edward White
1. Jonat Hildreth tjr
1. John MoBberry
1. Mr. Frencham

012 00 00
018 00 00
030 00 00
030 00 00
08000 00
018 00 00

Sum tqtall is 16328 06 08
Zerobabell Pyllips, Constable.
John Jagarr, ")
John Foster, I _
Jono. HoweU, Jr., ?• Overseers.
Joseph Pierson. )

1. Thurston Rainor 040 00 00
Southanipton Sept ye 1st 1683
A true copy of ye originall by mee
John Howkll Junr Clark.
Endorsed, The Eatemation of the town of South
ampton, 1683.

CHAPTER III.
CHARACTER OF THE SETTLERS.
Of the character of our ancestors there can be no
question, Tlicy were meu of sterling worth, the
Puritans of England. They were more than mere
colonists — they were the exponents of a new civili
zation founded on the idea, that under God, men
could govern themselves. Their flight from Eng
land and self-exile on these shores was the strongest
proteht they could give against the divine right of
kings in civil and religious government. That they
acknowledged Christ as the only head over his
church is not only manifest in their actions, but
also in the touching language at the close of the
" articles of agreement," given in the appendix,
"and that whensoever it shall please the Lord, and
he shall see it good to adde to us such men as shall
be fitt matter for a Church, that then wee will in
that thinge lay ourselves down before ye Consti
tutes thereof, either to bee or not to bee received
as members thereof, accordinge as they shall discern
the work of God to be in our heart."
That they were men of intelligence, is seen in their
tree charter, their just laws, and liberal institutions.
They secured in their patent, land tenure hy gavel
kind * which had from time immemorial prevailed
• Blackstone 1, 74
9

50 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
in the county of Kent, in England. While the
tenures in all other counties of England had been
more or less burdened from the time of the Norman
conquest with restrictions, liabilities, or knight ser
vice, the Kentish men had always held their land
in free and common soccage ; contributing only
proportionally their share in the expenses of gov
ernment. In addition, upon the death of a land
holder intestate, instead of the real estate devolving
upon the eldest son, the more equitabL' and demo
cratic custom prevailed of dividing it equally among
all the surviving children.
At the foundation of their colony they adopted
for their government the " Laws of Judgment as
given by Moses to the Commonwealth of Israel,, so
farre foarth as they bee of worrath, that is, of per-
petuall and universall equity among aU nations."
Like the Jewish Commonwealth too, the form of
government was a kind of theocracy. Church and
state were united, and its head was the Lord Jesus
Christ. Ofiienses which would now be tried (if at
all) by courts ecclesiastical, were then tried by the
General Court of Freemen. A taxation, pro rata,
was levied on all property to raise the salary of
the minister. Even the right of sufi'rage appears
for some little time to have been confined to the
members of the church.
It was the difference of opinion on this question,
whether any but church members should exercise
the right of freemen, that induced the Rev. Abra
ham Pierson to leave them for a connection with
tlie New Haven Colony, in 1647, Southampton

CHARACTER OF THE SETTLERS. 51
having United with Hartford -oa- the Connecticut
Colony, in 1644. The New Haven people, led by
John Davenport, were for giving the rights of free
men only to the members of the church — the Hart
ford Colony would open the door to all However
this question may appear to us in this day, still
tliere is something striking — something that re
minds us of the stern uncompromising spirit of the
old prophets in the doctrine that no man was fit to
govern or legislate for others, until he was himself
obedient to the laws of God.
They were formed into a church organization at
Lynn, a few months after a settlement had been
effected in Southamjiton, and brought over their
minister with them, the Rev. Abraham Pierson,
and erected their first church edifice in the second
year of their settlement. Like their brothers in
New England, wherever they went, the school-house,
too, followed in their wake. It is worthy of remark,
that of the twenty who signed the articles of agree
ment, four only were obliged to sign by proxy, at a
period when many a baron in England was com
pelled to make his mark. Some peculiarities they
had — faults too, doubtless, and yet they were men
to be honored for their bravery and rOBCrved: for
their virtues. ^^^^''^
They were also men of means and of good social
standing in the mother country. OtOne of their num
ber, an eminent man, in correspondence writes;
"he was a gentleman of coat-armor, and his place
in the settlement always magistrate — the proprietor
of the mill (like the old French Sieurs, and Eng-

52 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
lish Lords of the manor,) and the acknowledged
head in everything, coupled with the style and
manner of such writings of his as I have seen, suf
ficiently show that he was of the best class of those
which came over — the class which included Win
throp and Humphrey." "
¦K-ZIn Gov. Do^gan's leport of the Province of New
York, in 1687, occurs something more equivocal.
He says : " The first year there was £52 offered for
the Excise of Long Island, but I thought it un
reasonable, it being the best peopled place in this
Government, and wherein theres great consump
tion of Bumm, and therefore I gave commission to
Mr. NichoUs and Mr. Vaughton, &c  Most
part of the people of that Island, especially to
wards the east end, are of the same stamp with
those of New England, refractory and very loath to
have any commerce with this place to the great
detrimt of revenue and ruin of our Merchants."
In 1703, Wm. Vesey, in a report of the state of
the churches in the Province of New York, says :
" In Suffolk County, in the East end of Long Is
land, there is neither a church of England minister,
nor any provision made for one by law, the people
generally being Independents and upheld in their
sepjlration * by New England Emissaries."
There is one other feature in their laws which
merits our attention.
With all their puritanic strictness, they allowed
more freedom of conscience than was usual in that
period of intolerance, whether in England under
•Sic.

CHARACTKR OF THE SETTLERS. 53
the Stuarts, or in New England among the Inde
pendents. Toleration was practised so far as to al
low the existence of heretical doctrine, provided the
dissenter confined his dissent or unbelief to his own
bosom. The legal prohibition was directed only
against the promulgation of false doctrine. This
liberality in matters of conscience and religious
belief, was far in advance of that persecuting spirit,
which stains the history of these times through
the civilized world.
Their prRitanic principles made their mark on
the civilization and morals of the community, that
lingers even to this day, and for purity of morals
and sobriety of life, the village will only find a
parallel in those other villages, where dwell the
descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers of New Eng
land.

CHAPTER IV.
CIVIL RELATIONS  PURE DEMOCRACY  UNION
WITH CONNECTICUT  WITH NEW YORK —
DUTCH INTERREGNUM  AGAIN WITH NEW
YORK.
The civil relations of the colony afford an inte
resting field for investigation. In the very begin
ning the principle of self-government is developed
in admirable perfection. For the first four years,
these thirty or forty families formed a little repuh-
¦ lie by themselves. It was a pure democracy with
out a parallel, save in the short-lived republics of
ancient Greece. Foi' the time being, Southampton
was their country, and we cannot bestow too high
praise on their efforts to secure justice and equal
rights and protection to every individual. They
reversed the maxim of Louis XIV. " I am the
state" — with them the state was the people, and
for the people, and not the people for the state. A
town meeting, or General Court, as it was called,
was held half-yearly, composed of the people them
selves, who were obliged to attend regularly under
penalty of a fine. This court exercised the extra
ordinary powers of a legislature and a judiciary ;
defined the limits and powers of the magistrate's
court ; received and decided appeals from the same ;
was the proper tribunal for trying crimes punishable

CIVIL RELATIONS. 55
with death ; (though happily they were spared from
any such duty :) settled civil cases ; allotted lands
and elected officers ; enacted a code of laws founded
on those given by Moses to the Jewish nation ;
made bye-laws and regulations necessary to the safe
ty and well-being of the community, and had gen
eral supervision over the interests of the body pol
itic. These powers are defined in an act of tho
general court, passed January 2, 1641.
For reasons that do not appear on the record,
they deemed it expedient to unite themselves to the
colony of Connecticut, in 1644, as will appear from
the following order :
'^//March 7, t§#4. It was voted and consented
unto by the General Court, that the Town of
Southampton, shall enter into combination with
the jurisdiction of Connecticut.
And the exact time of the union is discovered
also in this second decision of the General Court.
June 20, 1657. " At a Towne Meeting it was
voated and concluded by the major part to accept
of, and receave all the lawes of the Jurisdiction of
Connecticut, not crossing nor contradicting the
limitations of our combination bearing date. May
30, 1644."
These articles copied from Trumbull's Colonia
Records of Connecticut, vol. i : p. 566, are, as fol
lows :
" A. coppie of ye combynation of Southampton,
wth Harford.
" Whereas formerly sume O^iferturs ha^e by letters
paste betwixt sume deputed by the Jurissdiction of

56 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Conectecote and others of ye plantation of South
ampton jfpon Long Island, concerning jduion into
one boddy and go^rnment, whereby ye said Towne
niight be interested in ye general combination of ye
idnited CoUonies for prossecution and issuing wherof,
Edward Hopkins and John Haines being authorised
w^th power from ye Generall Corte for ye Jurisdic
tion of Conecticute, and Edward Howell, John
Gosmer and John Mo^re, deputed by ye Towne of
Southampton, It was by the said parties concluded
& agreed, and ye said Towne of Southampton doe
by their said deputies, for themselves and their suc
cessors assotiate and joyne themsel^s to ye Juris
diction of Conrfecticote to be subject to al the lawes
there established, according to yeword of God and
right reson wjjth such exceptions aad limmitations as
are hereafter expressed.
"The Towne of Southampton by reson of ther
passage by sea being ^nder more difficulties and J&
certainties of repayring to ye several Cortes held for
ye Jurisdiction of Conccticote, upon ye mayne land,
wherby they may be constrained to be absent both
at ye times of election of Magistrates, and other oca-
tions wch may pro/e prjudicial to them : for prvent-
iug wherof, it is agreed yt for ye prsent, ^til more
plantations be settled neere to ye Towne of South
ampton, wch may be helpful each to other in pub
like occations, (and yt by mutual agreement betwixt
ye said Towne and ye Generall Corte for ye jurisdic
tion of Conyectecote it be otherwise ordered,) there
shall be yearly chosen two Magistrats inhabiting
wthin ye said Towne or liberties of Southampton,

CIVIL RELATIONS. 57
who shal ha/e ye same power ^th ye Prticular
Courts ;(fpon ye Riuer of Conectecote, though no
other Magistrats of ye jurisdiction be present for ye
Administration of Justice and other ocations ^ch <
may concerne the welfare of ye said Towne, offences
only /feh concerne life excepted, or limbe,vfch always
shay^be tryed by a Courte of Magistrats to be held
at \i Riuers mouth, v(ch said Migistrats for yc
Towne aforesaid, shall be chosen in manner following :
¦" The Towne of Southampton by ye freemen
thereof shall yerely prsent to sume Generall Courte
for ye Jurisdiction of Conectecote, or to ye Gov
ernor thereof, before ye Courte of Election ^ch is ye
second Thursday in April^the names of three of
their members of their said Towne, and such as are
freemen therof whome they nominate for Magistrats
the year ensuing, out of ifch ye Generall Courte for
ye Jurisdiction shall choose two, who ^pon oath
taken before one or both of ye Magistrats for yo
prcedent yeare at Southampton, for ye due execu
tion of their place, shal ha/e as ful power to pro-
ceede therein as if they had been sworne before ye
Gojfemor at Conectecote. It is also provided yt ye
freemen of ye said Towne of Southampton shal
ha^ libertie to voat in ye Courts of Election for ye
jurisdiction of Conectecote, in regard of ye distance
of ye place, by proxie. But iii case the Towne of
Southampton shall by any extreordinarie hand of
Providence, bs hindered from sending ye names of ye
three prsons to be in Election for Magistrats, vnto
ye Generall Court in Aprill, or having sent, ye same
doe Miscarrie, it is in such case then provided and
9

58 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
agreed, yt ye two Magistrats for ye precedent yeare
shall supply ye place ^ntil^ye next Generall Courte
for election. V-
" It [is] agreed and concluded, yt if^pon vewe of
such orders as are alreddy establislied by ye General
Courte for ye Jurisdiction of ConnecticMe, there be
found any difference therein from such as are also
for ye present settled in ye Towne of Southampton,
the said Towne shal ha^ libertie to regulate them-
seiyes acording as may be most sutable to their owne
comforts and conveniences in their owne judgment,
provided those orders made by them ctincerne them
selves only and intrence not ;Bpon ye interests of
others or ye Generall Combination of ye united
CoUonies, and are not cross to ye rule of riteous-
ness^ The like power is also reserved jitato them-
sel/es ibr the future, for making of such orders as
may concerne their Towne ocations.
"It is agreed mA concluded, yt if any party find
V himself agre^ed by any sentence or judgment passed
by ye Magistrats residing at Southampton, he may
appeale to sum prticular or General Court ^lon
[the] Riuer, provided he put in securitie to ye satis
faction of one or both of ye Magistrates at South
ampton, spedily to prosecute his said appeale, and
to answer such costs and dances as shal be thought
meete by ye Court to which he appeals, in case there
be found no just cause for his appeale.
" It is agreed & concluded yt ye said Towne of
Southampton shal only beare their owntcharges in
such Fortifications as are necessarie for their owne
defence, maintaining their own officers and al other

CIVIL RELATIONS. 59
thmgs that concerne themsel/es, not being lyable to
be taxed for fortifications or other expences yt only
apertaine to the plantations ;^on the Riuer, or else
where. But in such expences as are of mutuall &
common concernement, both ye one and the other
shal/ beare an equall share in such propoition as is
agreed by the united CoUonies, vizt according to the
number of males in each plantation from 16 to 60
years of age.
" The oath to be taken at Southampton. — I, A. B.,
bing an Inhabitant of Southampton by ye Provi
dence of God, combined with ye Jurisdiction of
Conectecote, doe acknowledgji! myself to be subject
to ye Go/ernment therof, and do sweare by the greate
and dreadfuU name of the ey'erlipng God, to be true
and faithfull to the same, and to submit both my
pei-son ami estate thereunto, acording to all the
wholesum lawes and orders yt are or hereafter shal
be made and established by lawful Authority jitth
such limmita ions & exceptions as are expressed in
ye Combynation of this Towne w|th ye aforesaid
Jurisdiction, & that I wil nether plot nor practice
any evil against ye same, nor consent to any that
shal so doe, but wil timely discouer it to lawful au
thority there established ; and yt I wUl, as I am in
duty bound, maintaine the honner of the same, and
of ye lawfuU Magistrats thereof, promoteing ye pub
like good of it, whilst I shall continue an Inhab-
bitant there ; amd- whensoever I shal give my voate
or suffrage touching any matter yffch concerns this
Common Wealth, being cald thereunto, I wil giue
it as in my consience I shall judg may conduce to ye

60 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
best good of ye same, /thout respiict [of] persons,
or favor of any man ; soe help me God in ye Lord
Jesus Christ.'
" The forementioned agreements wear concluded
ye day & yeare aboj^ written, betwene ye parties
abo^e mentioned in behalf of ye Jurisdiction of
Conectecott, and ye Towne of Southampton, jrfth
refterence 10 ye aprobation of ye Commissioners, for
ye j^nitcd CoUonies, jifch being obtayned the said
agrements are to be atended and observed, according
to ye true intent and purpose thereof, or otherwise
to be voyde and of noe effect ; and in testimonie
therof have interchangeably [ ] put to their hands."
The union of East Hampton with the same col
ony followed in 1657, and that of Southold with
New Haven in 1648.
The Deputies sent to the General Court of Con
necticut at Hartford, from 1644 tu 1664, accordinj;
to Thompson, were as follows : John HoweU, fi-om
1644 to 1651. John Gosmer, from 1651 to 1655.
Thomas JTopping, fi-om 1655 to 1658. Alexander
Knowles^ 1658 to 1659. Thomas Topping, from
1659 to 1663. Edward HoweU, from 1663 to 1664.
As before stated, March 12, 1664, Charles II.
granted with other territory Long Island and Islands
adjacent, to his brother James, Duke of York, and
in the following August, New York was surrendered
by the Dutch to Col. Richard NichoUs. Under the
patent granted to Connecticut, Nov. 30, 1644, that
province claimed jurisdiction over Long Island. This
question of boundaries was referred to Commission
ers of Charles, who decided tha "' the Southern

CIVIL RELATIONS. 61
bounds of Connecticut is the sea," and that Long
Island belonged to New York. Gov. Winthrop on
seeing the letters patent to the' Duke of York, in
formed the English on Ijong Island, that Connecticut
had no longer any claims upon that Island.
This union with New York, however, was very
unacceptable to the inhabitants of the east end of
the Island. Their intercourse with the towns alono-
the Connecticut river was frequent, and in customs,
education and religion they were identical with their
New England brethren. A considerable trade had
grown up between the three towns on the east end
and Connecticut, and the efforts of his Royal High
ness' officials to divert this to New York, met with
hearty remonstrance.
An extract from a report of Gov. NichoUs about
1669, in Doc. History of New York, Vol. i : p. 87,
wiU show the change effected in the government of
the town by its union with New York.
" Ist. The Governor and Councell with the High
Sheriffe and the Justices of the Peace in the Court
of the Generall Assizes, have the Supreame Power
of making, altering and abolishing any Laws in this
Govemment [of the province of N. Y.] The County
Sessions are held by Justices upon the Bench.
Particular Town Courts by a Constable and eight
Overseers. The City Court of New Yorke by a
Mayor and Alderman. All causes tried by Juries."
A copy of the code of laws by which the govern
ment of the Province of New York was administered
was sent to the town and is still in good state of
preservation.

62 HISTORY OF SOUTHAJIPTON.
The Episode of the Dutch interregnum is inte
resting as it reveals the sturdy tenacity of the Long
Island people in maintaining their civil and religious
liberty. The following documents taken from the
Colonial History of New York, Docs. Vol. ii :
p. 583 ff', present of themselves a clear history of
the events.
Pursuant to previous letters and summons ap
peared at the Council the Delegates from the Eng
lish towns situate on Long Island, east of Oyster
Bay, delivering in the following writing :
Jamaica, Aug. 14, 1673.
"Whereas, wee, ye Inhabitants ofthe East Riding
of Long Island, (namely, Southampton, Easthamp-
ton, Southoold, Seataucok & Huntington) were
sometime rightly & peaceffuUy joyned with Hertford
jurisdiction to good satisffaction on both sides, but
about the yeare 1664, Gennll Richard NichoUs come-
ing in the name o^piis Maties Royal Highness ye
Duke of Yorcke and by power subjected us to ye
ur/ Government under lich wet have remained untill
this present time, and now by fume off God's m-ovi-?
dence, shipps off fForce belonging to ye States off
Holland, have taken New Yorke ye 30th of the last
month, and wee having noe InteUigence to this day
flfrom or Governr Fras Lovelace, Esquyr, off whatt
w-j hath happened or )|(t wee are to doe, Butt ye Genn-
errall oft' ye said dutch ffbrce hath sent to us his
[J declaration or summons with a serins commination
therein contained and since wee understand by ye
post bringing the said declaration that our Governr
is peacebly & respectfully entertained into ye said

CIVIL RELATIONS. 63
ffbrt and city ; wee the Inhabitants of ye said East
Riding or ory Deputies for us att a meeting this day
doe make these oio requests as follow :
" Imprimis, That iff wee come under ye dutch
Goveinmt, wee desire yt wee may retaine or Eccle-
siasticall Priviledges, vizt., to Worship God ac
cording to or belieff without any imposition.
"2^1y. That wee may enjoy ye small matter off
goods wee possess, with i>r Lands according to our
purchase of ye Natives as it is now bounded out,
without ffurther charge off conffirmation.
" 3p.\y. That ye oath off aUegiance to be imposed
may bind us onely whyles we are under [the dutch]
Governmt but yt as we shall be bound not to act
against them, soe also not to take up armes ffor them
against or owne Nation.
"^fily. That wee may alwayes have liberty to L
chuse or owne officers both^ civil and millitary.
" 5^y. That these 5 Townes may be a corporation
off themselves to end all matters of difference be
tween man and man, excepting onely cases concern
ing Lyfe, Limbe and banishment
" 6,^y. That noe law may be made or tax imposed
uppon ye people at any tyme but such as shall be
consented to by ye deputies of ye respective Townes.
" TjKly. That wee may have ffree Trade i/th ye c<r-/
nation now in Power and all others without paling '
customs. " 8^1y. In every respect to have equaU priviledges
uth the dutch* nation.
*I3 this persistent spelling of the word Dutch with a sttiall d
done designedly.

64 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
, " 9^1y. That there be ffVee liberty granted ye 5
<!«-^^T'T'<^'^townes aforcad for ye procuring from any of ye united
CoUonies ( : without molestation on either side ;)
warpes, irons or any other necessaries ffor ye com-
CL./ fortable earring on the why^fle designe. ^
" lO^ly. That all Bargains, covenant «Hd~ con
tracts of wh it nature soever stand in ffuU ffbrce, as
they would hane been had there bene no change of
government." East Hampton. — Thomas James.
( John Jessip,
South Hampton.- J ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
„ . .r-r ^ J Thomas Hutchinson,
South Hoold — ) T A IJ
f Isacq Arnold,
„ , ^.,. f Richard Woodhull,
Brook Haven.- \ ^^^^^^^ j^j.^^^^
. f Isaq Platt,
° ° ¦ \ Thomas Kidmore,
The Delegates from East Hampton, Southamp
ton, Southold, Setauket, and Huntington, request
ed an audience, and entering, delivered in their cre
dentials. with a writing in form of a Petition : they
further declared to subrait themselves to the obe
dience of their High Mightinesses, the Lords
States-General of the United Netherlands and his
Serene Highness the Prince of Orange, &c. Where
upon the preceding Petition having been read and
taken into considei ation, it was ordered as follows :
On the first point : They are allowed Freedom of,
Conscience in the Worship of God and Church
discipline. 2d. They shall hold and possess all their goods

DUTCH INTERREGUM. 65
and lawfully procured lands on condition that said
land be duly recorded.
3d. Point regarding the Oath of Allegiance with
liberty not to take up arms against their own na
tion is allowed and accorded to the petitioners.
4th Article is in like manner granted to the peti
tioners, to nominate a double number for their
Magistrates, from which the election shall then be
made here by the Governor.
5th. It is allowed the Petitioners that the Magis
trates in each town shall pronounce final judgment
to the value of five pounds sterling, and the Schout
with the General Court of said five towns, to the
sum of twenty pounds, but over these an appeal to
the Governor is reserved.
Sth. In case any of the Dutch towns shall send
Deputies, the same shall in like manner be allowed
tbe petitioners.
On the 7th and Sth Articles it is ordered ; that
the petitioners shall be considered and treated as all
other subjects of the Dutch nation, and be allowed
to enjoy the same privileges with them.
9th Article cannot in this conjuncture of time,
be allowed.
10th Article : 'Tis allowed that all the foregoing
particular contracts and bargains shall stand in fuU
force. Why the CouncU of Gov. Colve chose thus to
snub the English in these five towns in the matter
of providing a few whale irons and necessary tackle
for capturing the whales that happened along the
coast, is inconceivable.
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66 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
The following is the oath which the Dutch Gov
ernment required to be taken by the inhabitants of
the eastern towns of Long Island.
"OATII OF FIDELLITY."
" Wee do stlare in the presents of the Almighfy
God, that wee shall be true and faithfull to ye high
& mighty Loids ye States Gennerall of ye united
Belgick Provinces and his serene highnesse the
Prince of Orange and to their Governrs here for the
time being, and to ye utmost of our power to pre-
to/ vent all ilhat shall be attempted against the same,
' but uppon all occasions to behave ourselves as true
& faithfull subjects in conscience are bound to do,
provided that wee shal not be forced in armes
against our owne nation, if they are sent by a Law-
full commission from his Majesty of England. Soo
help us God."
This oath was refused to be taken by the men of
East Hampton, Southampton, Southold and Hun
tington, they understandings that it was to be ad
ministered to their Magistrates only, in behalf of
the people. Whereupon the Dutch sent a vessel to
compel the people to take it in October, 1673. The
commii*sioners on their return to New Yoik, report
ed that the inhabitants of these towns " exhibited
an utter aversion thereto, making use of gross inso
lence, threats, &c., so that the Commissioners were
obliged to leturn their object unaccomplished."
Doubtless this was a very sorry report fiir the
o/ countrymen of Van Tr/mp to be compelled to give
' of their ill-success in reducing tlusc truculent

UNION WITH NEW YORK. 67
Puritans to subjection, and it might have been ex
pected — the idea of treating these people as sub
dued rebels and subjects of executive clemency was
simply ridioidous. Gov. Winthrop did all in his
power to help the Long Island people in this diffi
culty. But their High Mightinesses were soon com
pelled to surrender a second time the Province of
New York to the English crown. It was in July,
1673, that Captain IManning, commander of Fort
James, in the absence of Gov. Lovelace, made the
surrender of New York to the Dutch, and Nov. 10,
1674, the Dutch Governor, Colve, again surrendered
it to Edmund Andros, in behalf of the King of
England. Thus closes the history of the civil
changes ofthe town, down to the war of the Revo
lution. The commissioners came from New York in the
frigate Zeehond, (1673) arrived at Southold, and
called a meeting of the inhabitants to take the oath
of allegiance to the Dutch Government. The flag
of the Prince of Orange was brought in and dis-
jdaye 1. T*" ailing in their attempts to force the oath
upon the .'^outhold people, they resolved to break up
the assembly and depart. An extract from the
frigate's Journal affords an interesting item :
" On leaving the place, some inhabitants of South
ampton were present ; among the rest one John
Cooper who told Mr. Steenwyck, to take care and
not appear with that thing at Southampton, which
he more than once lepeated : for the Commission
ers, agreeably to their commission, had intended
to go thither next morning. Whereupon Mr. Steen-

68 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
wyck asked what he meant by that word thing, to
which said John Cooper replied, the Prince's Flag :
then Mr. Steenwyck inquired of John Cooper if
he said so of himself, or on the authority of the In
habitants of Southampton. He answered. Rest sat
isfied that I warn you, and take care that you come
not with that Flag within range of shot of our vii-
lage." They did not visit South and Ea.st Hampton
fearing they would " do more harm than good "

CHAPTER V.
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR  OCCUPA
TION BY THE BRITISH  PERSONAL INCI
DENTS  COLONIES  SOLDIERS IN THE
SLAVEHOLDERS REBKLLION.
During the Revolutionary war the people of Suf
folk county were exposed to peculiar hardships. So
remote from the field of operations, it was a region
strategically not worth defending, but by its wealth
of forage and stock well worth the attention of the
enemy while in occujiation of New York. But we
cannot do better perhaps than to give the following
extracts from an address of Hon. Henry P. Hedges
on the tw^o hundredth anniversary of the settlement
of East Hampton, in 1849, since the condition and
the sufferings of the two towns during this period
were similar.
" Some of the fiist and heaviest blows struck in
the war of our independence, fell upon this town
(East Ham])ton).
' WhUst the British were at Boston, their vessels
occasionally carried off stock from Suffolk County.'
" The journals of the Provincial Congress contain
the following :
' July 5th, '75. The People of E. and S. Hamp
ton pray Congress that Captn Hulbert's company,
now raising for Schuyler's army, may remain to

70' HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON. '
guard the Stock on the coramon Lands of Montauk,
(2000 cattle and 3 or 4000 sheep) from the ravages
of the enemy.' Jour 75.
' July 31st, '75. Congress aUow Griffin and Hul
bert's companies to remain to guard Stock.' Jour.
95. ' In consideration of the defenseless state of E.
part of Suffolk Co. the 3 companies raised for Con
tinental service were continued there' Ap. 3, '76.
" As early as the spring of 1776, an invasion of
the British forces upon New York city had been
anticipated. The iate of Long Island was readily
seen to be linked with that of the city. Remote,
*ej)osed, defenceless, save by their own strong arms,
but few volunteers could have been expected from
this neighborhood. Yet East Hampton had her
full proportion of minute men -in the field. The
Battle of Long Island was fought August 27th;
1776, and the whole extent came under the control
of the British forces. Those forces in part, made
the East end of the Island their winter quarters,
and levied supplies upon the country. It was not
untU the 25th of November, 1783, that the British
troops evacuated New York city. During all tbis
seven years the Island groaned under the oppressive
occupation of their soil by the hostile invaderi
Their circumstances exposed them, however, to suf
ferings and outrages from both parties. Their
forced submission to the Royal Army, (their mis
fortune, not their fault,) caused them to be viewed
with suspicion by their brethren upon the continent,
and often invited parties of plunder from that quar-

OCCUPATION BY THE BRITISH. 71
ter. Multitudes fled for shelter and protection to
the shores of Connecticut.
' Dr. BueU writes from E. Hampton, Sept'r 22,
'76, that the People are as a torch on fire at both
ends, which will speedily be consumed, for the Cont.
W^higgs can-y off their stock and produce, and the
British punish them for letting it go, — hopes the
Whigs will not oppress the oppressed, but let the
stock alone.'
"The history of that seven years' suffering will
never be told. Philosophy has no adequate remedy
for silent, unknown, unpitied suffering. . . . Left
to the tender mercies of the foe ; plundered by
countrymen and stranger of their property and ri
pened harvest ; robbed of the stores which they
reaped and garnered ; slandered by suspicious breth
ren ; taunted and scoffed at by the mercenary vic
tors, they never wavered. Their hearts were in
their country's cause ; and in tho raeraorable lan
guage of their great compatriot, ' sink or swim, live
or die, survive or perish,' they were true to their
country. Untemfied, unalter/able, devoted Ameri
cans." Aside from these occasional raids, from friend and
foe, the winter of 1778-9 was memorable for the oc
cupation of Southampton by the British. A squad
ron of Cavalry were quartered there, who, by their
dia-egard to the rights of property and usages of
war, contrived to gain the iU-will of all the inhabit
ants. One old house yet standing, (1866) still bears
marks on the kitchen floor, of the axe of the British
Quartermaster. They constructed two or three

72 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
small earth-works or forts overlooking the town, the
escarpments of one of which are still quite sharply
defined. There were two small iron field pieces,
canonnades, in possession of the town, which the in
habitants, it is said, placed in the belfry of the
church as weights to the townclock to prevent them
from falling into the hands of the enemy. It is cer
tain one of them was removed thence in 1843, when
the spire was demolished, and the other had been
used for many years on the anniversaries of onr
nation's Independence.
During the occupation by the British, such fre
quent calls for forage were made upon the farmers
that sufficient food did not remain for their own
stock. A kind Providence, however, provided for
their wants. The frost cams out of the ground
early in February, and continuous wai-m weather
brought out the grass abundantly, and their cattle
were saved frora starvation.
However, the rigors of a military occupation were
somewhat softened in Southampton by the presence
of the commander-in-chief. Lord Erskine. He had
his headquarters while remaining here in the house,
late the residence of William S. Pelletreau. He
was a man of integrity and even-handed justice and
restrained to some degree the soldiers quartered in
Southampton from committing the depredations so
common in the neighboring parish of Bridge Hamp
ton. At length, having become convinced of the
injustice of the cause of England in her quarrel
with the Colonies, he resigned his commission and
returned to Europe. At his old home he then began

PERSONAL INCIDENTS. 73
his legal studies and afterwards became the great
lawyer and brilliant parliamentary debater of his
day. In his first plea before the court, however, so
great was his diffidence that nothing but the
thought of his family kept him from breaking down.
" When I faltered a moment," he said, "it seemed
as if ray wife was pulling at my gown." It is said
that his coming here prevented the use of the church
for stabling purposes, which was the design of the
officer in c iramand before Lord Erskine's arrival,
A Mr. Benjarain Foster, who resided in a locality
known by the name of Littleworth, had one or
more petty officers quartered in his house. He was
a very devout man, and not ashamed to own his
Lord. One of these British officers one day asked
him in derision to pray with him. Mr. Foster re
plied that he had regular hours for prayer, and if he
would come in the morning when the family were
asserabled for prayers, he should be welcome. This
the officer did, bringing with him a comrade to en
joy the proceeding. But his comrade soon divinjd
the motive which led his brother in arras to such an
unusual scene, and having at l,east a respect for re
ligion ani his worthy host, iramediately after prayer,
took up a hym-a book near him, and read aloud :
" If some proper honr appear,
I'll not be overawed ;
But let 'he scofBng sinnir hear,
That I can speali for God."
Major Cochrane was the commanding officer at
Bridge Harapton, while the Island was occupied by
the British. He is still remembered as a merciless
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74 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
tyrant. He once caused a peaceable and inoffensive
man, William Russell by name, to be tied up and
whipped till the blood ran down to his feet, and this
with no adequate provocation. As before remarked,
the people of this parish suffered much from the
lawless soldiery — not only from nocturnal marauders
but from vandalism perpetuated in open daylight.
Cattle were wantonly canied off, forage seized with
out payment, loose property appropriated and even
furniture in their dwellings demolished. They came
to the house of Mr. Lerauel Pierson and turned him
out. Against their orders he was determined to
carry off some of his furniture, and although they
etood over hira with drawn sword, he persisted and
gained his point. At another time they came to his
house to secure any plunder that might offer itself
Mrs. Pierson was alone in the house with young chil
dren, but nothing daunted met them at the door
w th a kettle of hot.watei- and threatened to scald
the first m>in wh(j attempted to «nter her doore;
and the British thinking discretion the better part
of valor, quietly retreated.
At another time a number of British soldiers with
blackened faces and coats turned inside out, came
at night to the house of Mr. Edward Topping. Mr.
Topping was awakened by their no se, and, seizing his
gun, ran to defend his castle from the intruders. A
window was raised from the outside, and a raan ap
peared about to make an entrance. Mr. Topping
comraanded him to retire, and threatened to shoot
if he persisted. No attention was paid to his warn
ing, however, and as the man was climbing in, he
shot, and the soldier fell back dead. He was cariied

PERSONAL INOIDENTS. 75
oft'by his comrades, and the next morning word was sen t
to Gen. Erskine at Southampton. He camj over to
Bridge Hampton, investigated the affair, and having
learned the facts, said to the British soldiers around
him : " Is that one of your best men ? Dom him,
(kicking the body,) take him down to the ocean and
bury h m below high water mark." And so ended
the affair, which under Major Cochrane might have
had for Mr. Topping a more tragical termination.
Taking the oath of allegiance to the British gov
ernraent, though highly obnoxious to the people, was
forced upon them. A brief ,( xtract from Onder-
donk's Journal refers to this. He says :
" Col. Abraham Gardiner (of E. H.) administered
the oath of allegiance to the people of East and
South Hampton. He surrounded the house of Col.
(Jonathan) Hedges at Sagg, and of Col. Mulford at
East Harapton, and forced them to the oath.
Southold met by order of Col. Phineas Fanning to
take the oath. The cattle on Montauk were driven
in to Erskine. Tories were enlisting af Coram.
Before Sep. 7, '76."
David Hand of this Township, residing in Sag
Harbor, was a sailor both in privateeis and vessels
of the navy during the Revolution. He experienced
with many others, the horrors of the Jersey prison
ship. On one occasion a small frigate of the navy
was captured after a short action by a British vessel
of superior armament, off the harbor of Charleston.
Being a carpenter he was detailed to make repairs
on the prize with promise of pay by the English
commander. After the repairs were completed, he
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76 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
about half way between fhe two vessels, at a signal
from fhe coxswain, the oais weie hove up, and after a
fruitless struggle on his part, his clothes were taken
by the sailors and divided among thera. On their
arrival at the British vessel, he marched up to the
commander and demanded restitution of his clothing,
but gained no further satisfaction than a surly,
" Go and find them — I have got nothing to do about
that." He then asked for his promised pay for re
pairs of the American frigate, and he was equally
unsuccessful. Completely disgusted with " per
fidious Albion," he said to the captain ; " All I ask
now is, to begin at your taffrail rail, and fight the
whole ship's crew forward, and die like a man." The
captain, of course, paid no attention to this, and he
was ordered forward among the other prisoners.
Having survived all the dangers of the war, he lived
long a man of note and respectability, honored by
his fellow citizens for his bravery and manly %-irtues.
Thomas and Abraham, sons of Ethan Halsey,
also served in the war of the Revolution.
By the extracts above it will be seen that but few
men from the east end of the Island served in the
Continental armies ; and yet there were some,
though the exact number is not now known. Cap
tain Henry Halsey, of Southampton, informed the
writer that his gi-andfather, Jesse Halsey, and ano
ther man, on hearing the news of the battle of Lex
ington, and the movement of the British forces on
Boston, at once started for the scene of action.
Leaving their horses at Sag Harbor, they crossed
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there marched to Boston where they arrived just at
the close of the battle of Bunker Hill. They then
joined the Continental army, and Halsey, at least,
served through the wai-, part of the tirae as Captain.
He was present, standing near Gen. Lee at the battle
of Monmouth, when Washington rode up in terrible
indignation, and, rising in his stirrups, thundered
out : " In the name of God, Lee, what do you
mean ?" The old revolutionary hero often spoke of
it, and wa.s certain of the language used by Gen.
Washington. Two other townsmen were in this
battle, and did service during the war — John and
EUas Pelletreau, the sons of Captain Elias Pelle
treau. This town also furnished three surgeons for
the war of the Revolution, Henry White, Shadrack
Hildreth, and William Burnett.
Among the celebrities of these times was a negro
slave by the name of Porapey, owned by the Mackie
family. He was bom in the colonies, was shrewd,
a man of good sense, of much force of character,
always ready for a joke and very apt to perpetrate
one at the expense of another. Many characteristic
stories of his doings are handed down of which we
give a few.
Some dragoons were quartered on his master in
1778. Considering himself insulted on one occasion,
and doubtless with good reason by some of them, he
mixed pounded glass with the feed of some of their
horses, so that quite suddenly a number were found
dead in their stalls. Pomp, who was cross-examined,
expressed profound ignorance of the misforiune and
thus the matter ended.

78 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
On another occasion he had a difficulty with a
soldier who interfered with his barnyard arrange
ments. The diagoon drew his sword, but Pomp
charged and routed him from the field with his
pitchfork. One saying of his has become proverbial in this
region. Mr. Mackie had a horse which being wholly
in charge of Pomp, was pampered with good care
and light work. One day the horse drawing a load
refused duty, and suddenly stopped in the middle of
the road. This was too much to be borne; ac
cordingly Pomp provided himself with a stout cud
gel, marched up to the horse, and, shaking the stick
in his face, said, " WeU, old horse, if you won't
bear prosperity, you'll have to try advarsity," and
thereat he gave h ra a severe drubbing — and it is
said, " Advarsity made the mare go." On another
occasion he was at work for some one in the nei^-
borhood and was invited by his employer to nsk a
blessing at the dinner table. Poinp observed a skunk
served up to his great disgust. He complied with
the request however, in part, asking the Lord to
bless the bread, but to curse the skunk.
This little town, besides sending out pioneers
singly all over tbe United States, has even sent off
its colonies at various times in its history. The
first of these was a few years afier the settlem<nt,
when the Rev. Abraham Pierson was directed
by the Association in Connecticut to remove to
B^brd of that state. Quite a number accom
panied him, and some even when aftei-wards he again
removed.

COLONIES. 79
Considerable numbers also removed from time to
time to New Jersey, during the first hundred years
dating from the settlement. The Southampton fam
ily names are found scattered all over the state.
Quite a strong ctdony went out to Blooming Grove,
Orange County, N. Y., about 1760.
From a sormou of Rev. Horace Eaton, of Palmy
ra, N. Y., we give the following extract concerning
another Southampton Colony.
" In 1788 a company was formed of eleven, in
Southampton, Long Island. In the early spring of
1790, Elias Reeves and Joel Foster took their way
to the far west, as their agents, — first to Fort Pitt,
now Pittsburg, where they found Luke Foster, an
acquaintance. Together they penetrated to the va.st
wilderness of Virginia, to the Ohio, and passed down
to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati. There they
purchased land on what was called Turkey Bottoms.
They left Luke Foster to buUU and make prepara
tion while they returned to conduct the colony to
their forest home.
" But a singular circumstance turned the locality
end the future history of the projected immigration.
When Joel Foster and Elias Reeves, arrived at
Jjong Island, they found William Hopkins, an un-
«le (if Elias Reeves, and. Abraham Foster on a visit
from New Yersey. Hopkins was a son of the Hon.
(Stephen Hopkins, whose trembling hand stands so
prominent among the signers of the Declaration.
William Hopkins had been connected with the
"Lesse Company," was acquainted with the Genesee
•country and saw its prospective importance. He

80 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
urged upon his friends the value of a God-fearing
community. He told them of the colonies from New
England, that they were descendants from the Pu-
ritans, with principle and purpose congenial with
their own. His arguments prevailed. The company
relinquished the purpose of settling on the Ohio—
and directed Elias Reeves and WiUiam Hopkins to
pass by the northern route, beyond the military
Tract, while Joel Foster, Abrahara Foster, and
Luther Sanford were to explore along the bounda
ries of Pennsylvania. The Fosters and Sanford
started June, 1791, but found the country moun
tainous and forbidding. Being carpenters, on con
sideration of good wages, they stopped at a place
called Lindley town, and engaged in the erection of
mills, leaving the work of exploration to Reeves and
Hopkins, who, on the 20th of August, 1791, left
Long Island with their rifles and knapsacks, camehy
water to Albany — then on foot, following the Indian
trails to Geneva, — thence to town " No. 12," [after
wards called Swifttown — then Tolland — and finally.
Palmyra.] These valleys were well watered. The
height and strength of the trees were an exponent of
(he depth and richness of the soil. They resolved
to try the effect of hard work and honest principles
upon a region more luxuriant than that from which
they came. Upon the tall maples and the sturdy
oaks, they placed their names as a pre-emption
mark. This done, Hopkins and Reeves made their
way across the state to the Pennsylvania line, where
they found Joel Foster, Abraham Foster and Lusher
Sanford. There they drew and signed the following
bond :

COLONIES. 81
'• This instrument of writing witnesseth, that
Wm. Hopkins, of the State of New Jersey, Elias
Reeves, Joel Foster, Abraham Foster and Luther
Sanford, all of the State of New York, do agree
and bind theraselves severally each to the other, un
der the penalty of fifty pounds, to abide by and
make good any purchase of land which Elias Reeves
and Abraham Foster shall make of Oliver Phelps,
Esq., or any other person, within twenty days from
the date hereof The proportion of land which each
of us shall have is to be concluded among ourselves
hereafter. In witness of all which we have hereunto
set our hands and seals in Ontario County, State of
New York, this ninth day of Septeraber, in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
one.
William Hopkins,
Elias Reeves,
Joel Foster,
Abraham Foster,
Luther Sanford."
After concluding this engagement, all, save Elias
Reeves and Abrahara Foster, returned to the Island.
These made their way back to " No. 12," stopiiing
at the house of one Crittenden, residing in the
" Old Castle," at Geneva. From him they received
a peck of apples, the fruit of the old Indian Or
chard, as a present to John Swift. [Swift was the
"first pioneer" in Palmyra, and had bought the
land of the town, though it was not then entirely
paid for.J When they arrived they were offered
sorae of the apples. They craved only the seed^,
11

82 history of SOUTHAMPTON.
and proceeding to a beautiful bluff on the farm now
owned by Gen. Lyman Reeves, they planted them,
which proved the first bearing orchard west of Gen
eva. Having selected their lands, they contracted
with Phelps at Canandaigua, for five thousand five
hundred acres, for eleven hundred pounds. New
York currency, one hundred of which they paid
down. It will be noticed this was in September,
1791. The Durfee family had not yet arrived. As
Swift could not meet his engagements, his title was
doubtful. Hence, Reeves and Foster, to make the
thing sure, treated with Phelps and Gorham direct
ly. But when Gideon and Edward Durfee arrived,
his hard money met the hard times, and Swift was
enabled to pay his notes, and received a genuine
title to the town. Hence we find the Long Island
Company the next year taking their deed from John
Swift. " Having viewed the land, the spies returned,
bringing back, all of thera, like Caleb and Joshua,
a good report. This enterprise was not a failure.
The coraing winter, Joel Fotter built a sail boat,
Cyrus Foster making the nails, and launched it on
Heddy Creek, near Southampton. After a well-
spent Sabbath, on Monday raorning the 4th of April,
1792, the first colony, frora Long Island, embarked
on their voyage of nearly five hundred miles. They
sailed through tho sound * to New York, then to Al
bany : from Albany they transported their boat by
land 16 miles to Schenectady — with " setting poles"
• Incorrect — they went by the hays along the south shore of the
Island-

colonies. 83
pushed the boat up the Mohawk to Rome. There
the boat was taken from the Mohawk and conveyed
by land something less than a mile, to Wood creek,
thence floatini;- down to Oneida Lake — throuah
the lake and the outlet they carae to Oswego River ;
thence into Seneca River — through that to Clyde
River — from L'lyde River through Mud 'Creek to
i-^aw-mill Creek, landing near the present .residence
of Hiram Foster. The whole voyage occupied
twenty-eight days. Mrs. Joel Foster brought in her
arms her eldest son, Harry Foster, then an infant of
eleven months.
" The way now being open, the same old hive sent
out repeated swarms of working bees, The Clarks,
Posts, HoweUs, daggers. Culvers, Jessups, andmany^
others followed. - ' The wilderness and the solitary
place were -glad for them ' This old boat did good
service in going and returning, with other corapanies,
as they arrived from Long Island at Schenectady.
It was finally conveyed around to Seneca Lake, and
used as a pleasure boat. Truly a noble craft ! I
would go as far to see that old boat as the ship in
which Dr. Kane penetrated the frozen North."
Besides this colony others • removed to Seneca Co^
N. Y., and still others to Susquehanna Co., Pa., about
the beginning of this century. Among the latter
was the Hon. William Jessup of Montrose, who
beginning his career fei hi » new home, rose to emi
nence and obtained a name honored widely both in
church and state.
Upon the discovery of gold in California, of
course for a people who had lived like the Kings of

84 HISTORY OF SOUTHAJIPTON.
the north upon the sea, (but not like them by plun
der) and engaged in the perilous enterprise of whale
fishery, who had circumnavigated the world, a trip
to the mines of the mc^dern Ophir was a trifling
matter. Consequently, besides a large corapany who
purchased a ship, and in the winter of 1849-50, set
sail frora Greenport for San Francisco, others ful-
lenved in their footsteps from time to time, some of
whom found thels, a home and some unhappily a
grave.

SOLDIERS IN THE SLAVEHOLDERS REBELLION.
The repeated demand for men to fill the armies
and sustain the cause of freedom during the war of
the Slaveholders Rebellion, from 1861 to 1865, were
ihet in a pati-iotic spirit by the people of Southamp
ton. Her quotas were always promptly filled, either
by her own sons or by substitutes which her wealth
procured, as was customary throughout the country.
The following list, it is believed, includes nearly all
who enlisted in the defense of the government.
Robert Benedict, '8it«t N. Y. V., wounded in leg.
Returned. '*"? "^ •
Charles Brown, son of Sidney Brown. 127th N.
Y. v., killed in South Carolina.
Charles Brown. « ^T/ "^ x*?- Y •-r'
Robert Ellsworth. Si^h^^ Returned.
Jamtes Foster, 2d N. Y. Cav., died at Anderson
ville prison. ,c>'*'y^'y
Charles GoodaU, died July 17, 1862, in hospital
At David's Island.

SOLDIERS IN THE SLAVEHOLDERS REBELLION. 85
James GoodaU, died August S9, 1864, at Atlanta,
Ga. James M. Green, 2d N.'Y.'Ckv. Returned.
James Green, 2d N, Y. Cav. Returned. il'^>^y~
Charles Halsey, wounded, 81otN. Y: V. Returned. 3iM^ ^
SUas Halsey, killed Dec. 9th, 1864, at Boyd's
Landing, S. C,
Allen Hildreth. l-i-fiM^ «
Isaac W. Hildreth, /^7 ^^Returned.
John H. Howell, 2d N. Y. Cav. Returned. .
Benjamin Huntting, wounded in arm. Returned, •f'/'^*^*^
Osca^Jagger, StsTlT-TrT. Eeturncid. J^l n^VV-
ffinmtennings, kiUed at Nashville, Tenu, 90 ^^^
Edwin La^f wounded in leg. Returned, c^tf^ ^
James H. Post, 197th-^:^T-¥rV., died May 18th,
1862, aged 22 years and 11 months, l^'^ '^'^
Frederic Rose, 127th N. Y. V. Returned,
James S^ifSayre, "Sist-NrTr^,, died at Upton
HiU, Va,, Nov, 24, 1862. ''^7 7^"^ Y-
Matthew U. Sayre, 127th, N. Y. V, died at Up
ton HiU, Ya., Feb. 11, 1863, age 20.
Hampton Squires, a short time prisoner at An
dersonville. Returned.
George W. Ware, 2d N. Y. Cav., died.
Timothy Warren, 127th N. Y. V. Retumed.
Hubert White, 2d N. Y. Cav., discharged and
returned. 
William Wick, killed in Battle. ^ CUo'^'l*-^^ -
John Walker, (colored) died or killed.
William F. Williams (colored). Returned.
 August. Returned.
Jaraes Barclay, 6th N. Y- Cav. Returned.

86 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Daniel F. Beebe, 127th N. Y. V., died April 17,
1864, aged 22 years.
W. H. CoUet. <f 7*7^ »>^
JoSkua EUison. Returned. S^l/H^y^
James Kane, U. S_^avy, died in Hospital, N,Y,
Dec. 1864.
Frederick Wadley, 6th N. Y. Cav, Returned.
Henry Squires, /y fz//., Y-

CHAPTER VI.
CIVIL LAWS  COURTS  DECREES OF COURTS.
We have seen before how the jealous care for the
liberties of the people resulted in the institution of
the General Courts, the fundamental idea of which
was, that the people being the fountain of power,
should be invested with it. We have also seen that
for the government of the colony they enacted a
code of laws founded on those of the Jewish Law
giver. Besides these are found occasional regula
tions for teraporary purposes scattered through the
Records. And when the union with Connecticut
occuired, they accepted its code of laws also, so far
as they did not interfere with their own. Again
when the Island carae under the jurisdiction of New
York, in 1664, they received a copy of laws from
Gov. Andross, which, of course, superseded all the
foi-mer. Of course the execution of their laws must be
committed into the hands of proper officers. The
first, of these were two, and afterwards three magis
trates chosen annually. A record defining their
functions is found, dated Jan. 2, 1641, as follows :
" The magistrates shaU govern according to the laws
now established and to be established by General
Courts hereafter. They and either of them shall

88 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
be able to send out warrants to any officer to fetch
any delinquent before thera, and exa,mine the cause
and to take order by sureties or safe custody for his
or their appearance at court. And further to pre
vent the offenders lying in prison, it shall be lawful
for the Magistrates or either of them to see execu
tion done upon any offenders for any crime that is
not capital according to the laws that [are] estab
lished or to be established in this place,"
The first magistrates elected were Edward How
ell, Thomas Tojoping and John Gosmer. The first
town meeting on record was hel(i April 6, 1641. '
By an order of the General Court, Dec. 22. 1644,
four quarter courts were to be held annuaUy, com
mencing on the first Tuesdays in March and June,
the third Tuesday in Septeraber, and the fourth
Tuesday in December. These were probably the
Magistrcj,tes' Courts. At the same tirae it was or
dered to hold an annual General Court on the first
Tuesday of October for election of town officers.
For many year^ tjiis was the county seat of Suf-
fqlk Cojii^ty, aqd of course county courts were held
here conceriiing which the tovra records are silent.
TOWNSMEN.
The office of " Townsmen "¦ appears to differ
from the Magistracy. Their duties embraced those
that are now divided between the supervisor and as
sessors, as will be seen from the following :
" Yeh. 4th, 1664. John Jessup, Edward Howell
and Henry Pierson were chosen Townsmen until ye
'W6th of October next. During yA time they have
given thera, and are by the Towne authorized to

CIVIL L.VWS. 89
make any rate or Levvy they shall see necessary, to
use all lawf iill means t^ey shall see meet fbr getting in
the debts due from any pson or psons unto the Towne,
to make any law or order (yt contradicts not sorae
former order made by the Towne) concerning fences
or any other publique occasion, and to doe or actany-
t»;-thing ^ in^ theire judgments may conduce to the
Towne's advantage. And whatsoever they shall act
or transact as afforesaid ye Towne doe ratify & con-
firrae and shall observe. Moreover the said select
raen setting up theire order or orders on the Meeting
house poste at ye beat of the drum the sarae shall
bee, and be accorapted sufficient and laiiffuU pub- <*y
lishmt thereof. Ye Towne beeing to defray ye cost
ye said 3 men shall be at in ye preraises."
The mere insertion of the orders and decrees of
the General Court, while it ^preserves the records
that are yearly growing more ^Hgible, also, perhaps
depicts more vividly than a narrative could possibly
do the surrounding circumstances of our founders.
No other apology is therefore needed for the follow
ing extracts : FREEMEN.
" South on the Sth of the 8th month, 1647. It
is ordered by this general Court that if any man be
chosen to be freeman of this towne shall refuse it
shall pay fortie shiUing for his fine.
" Imprimous, at his instance General Court, that
Richard Odell gentleman was chosen freeman and
Edward Joanes Josiah St^ambro and John White.
" It it ordered this 7 day of October 1648 by the
12

90 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Generall Coort that Mr. Richard Smyth, Mr. Wil
liam Browne John Howell iwj-ir chosen Freemen of
this towne of Southampton.
" This 15 day of June 1649 Mr. Thursfon Ray- .
ner is chosen ffreeman of this towne of Southamp
ton at the generall Coort by the freemen.
"It is ordered uppon the 6th day of March 1649
by the generall Court that William Rogers is chosen
freeman of the towne of Southampton.
" It is ordered uppon the 31st day of March 1650
by the generall courte that Mr. Thomas Topping
& Mr. John Ogden were chosen freemen of this
towne of Southampton aforesayde.
" 1652 October 6 Mr. Alexander ffeild, Christo
pher ffeild, Thomas Goldsmith and John Cooper
Jun. were all and every of them chosen ffreemen
of this Towne." TRAINING.
Jan. 1642 Ordered by the General Court that the
" Coriipany of the Towne of Southampton shall be
trayned sixe tymes in the yeare." All men from
16 years old upwards to bear arms unless licensed
to the contrary, and if absent upon tbe calling of
the roll to be fined two shillings. " Traynings are
to beginn at seaven of the clock in fhe morning from
the first of March to the last of September, then
from the last of September to the first of March to
beginn at eight of the clock in the morning."
" Oct. 9, 1642. It is ordered that every man iu
this towne that beareth armes shall watch and ward
and come to traynings in their coats.
"Oct. 9, 1642. It is ordered that whosoever

CIVIL L.VWS. 91
shall be found sleeping after he hath taken the
charge of the watch shall be liable to the censure
of 4 lashes of the whippe by the Manshall or else
forthwith to pay 10 shillings."
MKASORES FOR THE SAFETY OF THE TOWN.
" MAY 4, 1657."
"It is ordered by the seven men empowered to
devise and take raeans to preserve the town — that
one half of the Inhabitants of this town shall keep
centinell or ward in the town according as they
shall be disposed by officers for that purpose for one
day — and the other half of the Inhabitants shall
have liberty to goe about their planting or occations,
provided they goe together and work soe neere to
gether that in the judgment of those appoynted by
a centinell, the corapany that soe goe forth may come
together before any danger in respect of assault, as
came upon thera the other day, and so successively
untill further order in this respect. And all those
that soe goe forth are to have their armes with them,
& it is left to Sergeant Post te see to and effect the
aforesaid order.
" It is further ordered that ye letting off of one gun
shall be sufficient AUarum in the night, and if there
be any allarum in the night, then all Inhabitants
from ye North End of ye town to Thos. Sayres '*
shaU repaire to about Mr. Gosmer's : f all south
ward of Thos. Sayres unto ye lane by Richard Bar-
* Thos. Sayre lived where is yet the homestead of his descendant,
Wm. N. Sayre, M. D.
t The homestead of Chas. Pelletreau, deceased — now of Wm. S.
elletreau, Esq.

92 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
retts* shall repaire to the Meeting House f : and all
from thence to the south ond of the Town to repaire
to about Thos. Halsey Senior his house :f : — none to
make a wilfuU false allarum upon penalty of being
whipjjed. And in case there be an allarum and a
man hearing it yet appeareth not to his appoynted
place, as aforesaid, shaU forfeit to the town the some
of 5 shiUings.
" Jan. 30, 1667. It is ordered by the Constable
and overseers together with the inhabitants of the
Towne that if any pson soever shaU psume to make
any ffalse alarum shall for his or theie Default pay
twenty shillings or be severely whipt, and that noe
pson pretend Ignorance.
"It is concluded that one Gunne being ffired of
in the night after ye watch is set shall be accompted
an Allarum : Likewise three being sudenly ffired
one after another in ye day ; and aU psons are here
by required to be very carcumspeet herein upon there
utmost perill ; Also that if any upon the watch
shall at any tyme hereafter bee by such psons as ai-e
upon oath hereunto appointed, found sleeping or any
way careless shall pay unto the publick 20 shillings
for any default. As witnesseth our hands."
LAND ALLOTTED.
" October 13, 1643. Thomas Burnett hath a lott
* Toilsome Lane.
t The church was on what is now the homestead of Mr. Edwio
Post. JThis was probably (for this and other reasons) on Horse-mtll
lane, which ran from the main street to the lown pond, and w«8
about 30 or 40 rods south of the residence of Mr Francis Cook.

CIVIL LAWS. 93
graunted unto him one the Southeast side upon Con
dition that hee stave thi-ee years in the Towne to im
prove it.
" May 6, 1648. It is ordered that Thomas Rob-
binson be accepted as an inhabitant & hath a fifty
pound lot granted vnto him provided the said
. Thomas be not vnder any scandallous crime ifli may ^^/
be layd to his charge within 6 moneths after date
hereafter A.' that be cary himself here as becometh
an honest man.
"It is ffurther ordered that Sarauel Dayton
shall be accepted an inhabitant & hath a fifty
pound lot granted unto him piovided the said
Samuell (being a stranger to vs) weare nf g<jo(l
aprobation in ye place where he last lived at flush
ing & do demeane himselfe well heare for ye tirae of
aprobation namely six months next to come,
"May 12; 1648, Robert Marden alias Marvin (else
where called Merwin) granted a £100 lot upon 3
months aprobation bad of hira.
" Dec. 10, 1678. The Town give unto Christc-
pher ffowler tenn accres of land in some convenient
vacant place about or neare the land granted to Mr.
John Laughton for his brother Josiah at the discre
tion of the layers out : he the said Christopher con
tinuing upon it seaven yeares and iraproving it."
This is the first raention in the Records of the
Fowler family.
" Jan. 25, 1655. It is ordered that noe Inhabitant
within the boundes of this Towne shall sell his
house and Land or any part thereof unto any pson
yt is a forrainer at any time hence forward except
the pson bee such as the Towne doe like of."

94 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
VOTING ENFOHCKl).
" October 13, 1643. It is ordered that whatso
ever matters or Orders shall be referred to the pub
lick vote euery man that is then and there prsent
and a Member of the Courte shall give his vote and
suffrage eyther against or ffor any such matters and
not in any Case to be a neuter."
LYING.
" March 16, 1654 (N. S.) It is ordered that if
any person above the age of fourteene shall be con
victed of lying, by two sufficient witnesses such
person soe offending shall pay 5s for every such de
fault : and if hee have not to paye hee shall cit in
the stox 5 hours." DRUNKENNESS.
•' March 16, 1654 (N. S.) It is ordered that for
preventing of evill which is subject to fall out by
reason of excessive drinking of strong drink, that
whosoever shall be convicted of drunkenness shall
for the first tirae pay 16s the second tirae 20s, the
third time 308." LICENSE LAW.
" March 3, 1653. It is ordered that whereas
Thos. Goldsmith is prevailed with by the towne to
keep an ordinary in this towne — there is no person
shall rctaile any liquors or wines, or strong drink
within the bounds of this plantation but hee the
said Thomas Goldsmith upon penalty of tCn shil
lings per quart.
" Jan. 25, 1655. At a Generall Court Jan. 25,
1655. To prevent abuses by drinking liquor : It is

DECREES OF COURTS. 95
ordered that noe liquor whatsoever that is distilled
shaU bee sould within the limitts of this towne by
any but by our neighbour John Cooper who shall
have liberty to sell to tlie people, as necessity or oc
casion in his judgment requires, whom this court
did intrust that the bounds of moderation and so
briety bee not exeeeded by any in his presence or at
his house. And that hee will carefully observe the
quantities hee doth sell to any out of his house yt
soe hee may prevent this great disorder at present in"
respect of the Indians, theire having liquor and
abusing theraselves therewith, and ihat to his best
skill or understanding hee may prevent any from
buying liquor from him that will or may sell to the
Indians. And as for himself he will willingly de
pose that (Urectly or indirectly hee will not sell nor
put to be sould any' such said liquors unto any In
dian or Indians. Alsoe it is ordered, that if any doe
bring in such liquors within the bounds of this
towne and sell them to any but unto hir.i the said
John Cooper, or put them ashore, eAcepting only
case of necessity, such said liquors shall be forfeit
one half to him that seizeth them and the other
half to the towne. Alsoe it is concluded that hee
ye said John Cooper, shall not exceed the quantity
of nine Ankers * by the yeare to sell to the Inhab
itants of all the towne and the price thereof to be
reasonable. And the North Sea men finding a man
that shall ingage as the said John Cooper doth, they
shall have the allowance alsoe of three Ankers by
the yeare and not to exceed. And if any defect be
• Anker, a Dutch measure of 10 gallons.

96 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
in this aforesaid order soe that it reach not the end,
the Magistrates have power to sufqdy any deficiency
herein according to their discretion."
VARIOUS ORDERS.
"1652. At a Towne Meeting Oct. 15, 1652,
Isack Willman in a passionate manner said that
some of them that voated for the raising of the
Mill knew not more what belonged to the sea-poose
than a dogg. A note appended says ' hee hath made
satisfaction.' " 1653, March 3. At a generaU Co'rt Edmund
Shaw was censured for his excess in drinking to pay
unto the towne the sorae of ten shillings the same
to be exacted at the discretion of the Magistrates
according to his future behavior.
" Same date. Thoraas Saire and Joshua Barnes
fbr speaking unseemly and unsavory words in the co'rt
or concerning the co'rt were fined to pay 10s a peece.
" 1648, Oct. 4. Thomas Sayre was paid for his
basse drumme the some of 13s. 8d. his yeare begin-
neth the said daye.
" 1648. The 14th daye of November, ordered
that there shall hereby be provided a sufficient payre
of Stokes, John White ha\ Xig undertaken to make
them. " 1651. Sarah Beabe wife e^f Thomas Beabewas
at the quarter Court held upon the 4th day of June,
1651 sentenced by tbe Magistrates for exorbitant
words of imprecation to stand with her tongue in a
cleft stick soe long as the offender committed is read
and declared.

ORDERS OF COURTS. 97
" 1651. At a generall Court held the' 13th day
of August 1651, it is ordered, Yf any person or
persons be found or it can be proved that by them
any fruit be stolen or taken away off from any man's '
land or ground, }'f the person or [lersons be under
the age of sixteen years of age, the parents of the
said child or children shall severelTy correct them by
whipping of thera aud that to be done before some
sufficient spectator : yf the parent or parents of the
said child or children doe refuse soe to doe, then the
said person or persons to be corrected before the
Magistrates and the parents fbr their neglect of the
children to uiidergoe such penalty as the magistrates
shall lay upon them ; as alsoe the offending jiarties
shall pay for the fruits stolen, and by them, double
of the value of the fruit shall be paid to the owner
of said fruits, and one sufficient witness shall serve
for conviction.
" Sept. 22, 1658. It is ordered by Gen. Court that
Mary Cloave shall live no longer wandering to and
fro from house to house, but that shee shall live
again in a place, Except she change her condition
by marriage. — (Query : was. she sentenced previously
to a vagabond life for some indiscretion, and this the
remission of the sentence ?)
" Jan. 5, 1665. James Herrick is agreed with to
beat ye drum on ye Lord's Dayes according to cus-
tome and is to have 20 sh per year for the same soe
long as hee discharge ye office — the Towne paying
for Drum Heads and Cordidg.
"Nov. 6, 1666. Ordered that each man shall set
up a ladder by his chimney reaching to the top of
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98 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
his house.' (The houses were usually two stories in
front, alwlays facing south, and one in rear — thus
giving one' short and one long roof — the ladder was
placed on the long roof. So invariable was the
custom of building their houses with the south, that
one of unusual antiquity demolished only a few
years since, was so erected on the south side of an
east and west street with the kitchen actually front
ing the street.") WITCHCRAFT.
"About 1683 Thomas Travally enters a com
plaint agst Edward Lacy for that the Defend. In
juriously called the Complainant's wife a witch and
said that she set his come on fire and sat upon his
house in the night. A witch and that hee was hag-
riden 3 nights by her ; and hee was Confident she
was an old witch.
'^e charges to somons 0 10
To entering and withdrawing the
action to be paid by ye Deft 0 2 6"
It does not appear frora the records or otherwise
that this delusion so prevalent in New England, ever
¦SHiously troubled the peace of Southarapton. The
pjfgg^bove recorded stands alone — the x)nly intima
tion on record and in this raatter tradition is equally
silent.

CHAPTER VII.
THE CHUKCH-MINISTERS-CHURCH EDIFICES-SCHOOLS.
The church of Southampton as might be expect
ed from the character and associations of the settlers,
was at first Independent. The earliest record con
cerning its formation that has come to the notice of
the writer, is in the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register. In an account of the Rev.
Hugh Peters of Salem, Mass., it is there stated that
he attended the formation of a church at Lynn,
composed of individuals who had emigrated from
that place and settled on Long Island. This was in
November, 1640. On the same occasion he assists
in the orcUnation of Rev. Abraham Pierson as their
Pastor. The church continued under this form of
Independency until 1716. At least, the first evidence
of a chano-e of ecclesiastical connection (since the
early records of the church are lost,) is found un
der the foUowing circurastances :
It Sept. 1716, a call addressed to the Rev. Sarauel
Gelston was laid before the Presbytery of Philadel
phia, which was the only ecclesiastical body of that
denoraination in this country at that time, and had
been organized about 1706. Doubtless the Rev.
Joseph Whiting who at this time retired from active
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100 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
people of his charge in Southampton till his death
in 1723, assisted in leading the congi-egation to make
this change of connection. In tbis call the congi-e
gation of Southampton promise " to subject them
selves to the Presbytery in the Lord." And here is
also the first evidence of the adoption of the Pres
byterian form of governraent in the county of Suf
folk, though the church at Jaraaica in Queen's
County had long been Presbyterian, and indeed, has
been proved to be the oldest church of that d- nom
ination in the United States.* The Long Island
Presbytery (being the first judicatory of that name
in the province of New York) was set oft' from the
Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1716. It was organ
ized at Southampton, April 17th, 1717, and was
composed of the following ministers ; Mr. Macl^ish
of Jamaica, Mr. Phillips of Brookhaven, Mr. Pum-
ry (Pomeroy) of Newtown, and Mr. Gelston of
Southampton. The church of Southampton baring
thus united with the Presbyterian body has remained
ever since in connection with the same. The re
formed church of HoUand and Independency appear
to have occupied almost the whole ground through
out New York for many years after the settlement.
It is said that as late as 1664 there was not a single
Episcopal chui-ch in the whole province.
1. ABRAHAM PIERSON,
The first Minister was the Rev. Abraham Pierson
who came over fiom Lynn with his little flock ; and
* See History of the Pres. Church at Jamaica, L. I,, by Rev, Jamei
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subsequently in Nov,, 1640, was ordained at Lynn
as before narrated. Cott6n Mather in his Magnalia
says of him : "He was a Yorkshire raan, and com
ing over to New England, he became a member of
the church at Boston, but was afterwards employed
towards the vear 1640  Proceedino- in
their plantation, they called Mr. Pierson to go
thither with them, who with seven or eight more of
thi'ir company regularly incorporated themselves
into the church state before going, the whole com
pany also entering at the- same time with the advice
of the Governor of Mass. Bay Colony, into a civil
combination for maintaining governraent among
themselves. Thus was then settled a church at
Southampton under the paternal care of that wor
thy , man, where he did with a laudible diligence un
dergo two of the three hard labors, teaching and
governing, to make it become what Paradise was
called, the Island of the Innocents. It was after
wards found necessary for this church t;/ be divided
— upon which occasion Mr. Pierson referring his
case to council, his removal was directed into Bran-
ford over upon the main [Ct] and Mr. Fordham
came to serve and feed that part of the flock which
was left at Southarapton — but wherever he came,
he shone. He left behind the character of a pious
and prudent man and a ti-ue child of Abraham now
lodged in Abraham's bosom."
He was gi-aduated at the University of Cambridge
in the year 1632, and having been ordained epis-
copally, as it is supposed,* he preached for some
* Thus Dr. Sprague, but the ordination according to Hist, and
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102 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
years in England. He arrived in New England in
1639. The cause of his removal to Branfordis thus
given in Dr. Sprague's Annals of the American
Pulpit. " Mr. Pierson agreed with John Davenport in
wishing to rest all civil as well as ecclesiastical power
in the church, and to allow none but church mem
bers to act in the choice of the officers of govem
ment, or to be eligible as such. AccorcUngly he was
anxious that the little colony at Southampton
should become connected with New Haven, as
Southold had been, and was dissatisfied with the
agreement in 1644, to come under the jurisdiction
of Connecticut. He therefore removed in 1647 with
a small part of his congregation to Branford, Conn. :
and there uniting with others from Wethersfield,
organized a new church, of which he was pastor
about twenty-three years."
He afterward removed to Newark, and was the
Hrst pastor of what is now the first Presbyterian
Church of that city.
He died on the ninth of August, 1678. His son,
Rev. Abraham Pierson, was the first President of
Yale College, 2. ROBERT FORDHAM.
The second pastor over this church was the Rev.
Robert Fordham, concerning whom the earliest
record of April, 1649, is as follows ;
" The agreement between the towne of Southamp
ton and the reverend and well beloved servant
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MINISTERS. 103
mayntainance for his labor in ye worke of the Lord
amongst us,
7»t./ " I|^j(ps wee the present inhabitants do ingage
ourselves to pa} in curant cunti-y pay as it passeth at
a common rate threescore pounds for this present year
to beginne the first day of this present Aprill 1649,
and to make our payments halfe yearly by equall
portions, furthermore for the year to come & for all
& every yeare God shall be jdeased to continue Mr.
Fordham amongst us after Aprill 1650 from the
daye of ye revolution of first yeare above menconed,
it is ffuUy agreed and hearby confirmed that the
sayd yearly mayntainance shall be fourscore pounds
per annum to be levied upon every man accor
ding to their severall possessions of land in our
plantation of -Southampton and the bounds there
of "Lastly if fforty lotts shall not be filled, that
then proportionable abatement of ye fourscore pounds
is to be made according to the number that is de
ficient, in consideration whereof Mr. Fordham's
owne Accommodations are not to be liable to pay
any part of his yearly mayntanance nor yet any
of his estate if the towne shall see cause' to alter
the waye of payment as concerning ye Ministry.
This agreement was consented to by all the inhabit
ants, and by them appointed to be recorded in the
towne book to be established in the behalfe of the
whole towne."
He labored here in the ministry, according to the
Manual of church membership issued in 1843, by
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104 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
among the people to whom he ministered, in 1674,
leaving a name honored among the churches.
3, JOHN HARRI.UAN.
The next in succession was the Rev. John Har
riman, of whora the records are almost entirely si
lent. He ministered as pastor, from 1675 to 1679,
when he removed from the place. According to Dr.
Leonard Bacon, (Historical Discourses) he was a
native of New Haven, Ct., and was graduated at
Harvard in 1667 ; and continued a resident of his
native city for about twenty years, but out of this
raust be deducted four years for his pastorate in
Simthainpton. During this time he is said to have
preached as a candidate at New Haven, at Walling
ford and at East Haven. This may account for his
long absences from Southampton which are noticed
in the following record in the clerks office. It ap
pears that after his return to Connecticut he ad
dressed a letter to Thomas Cooper in which he
dunned the church for some supposed arrearages in
his salary. This letter having been presented in a
town raeeting, the following answer was voted :
" Mr. Harriraan was so long absent and the town
paid so much for him which he himself promised to
repay ; also considering the manifold inconveniences
that he exposed the town unto, Mr. Harriman in
equity ought [rather] to make the town compensa
tion than that they should pay him one penny for
his last half year's pains among us."
4. JOSEPH TAYLOR.
Rev. Joseph Taylor was the son of Mr. John
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MINISTERS. 105
He gi-aduated at Harvard in 1669, and was appoint
ed a tutor in that institution the following year.
He then studied for the ministry, and was employed
as a preacher in New Haven until the spring of
1679. The Rev. John Taylor buried in the South-
end burying ground, Hiusl have becn^his Jffgtfaet=.JV**^
" At a Town meeting Aprill 1st, 1679. By Major
voat it is concluded that a man shall be chosen to
goe over to Mr. Tayler ye minister, and to presente
the Towne's former request by letter unto him,
namely to come over to us and give us a visit and
if possible to prevaile with Mr. Tayler to come along
with him ; which sd messenger is also to follow
such Instructions as shall bee given him touching
this occation.
" By Major voat Mr. Justice Topping is desired
to be the man to go over on the aforesaid occation,
namely to procure Mr. Tayler to give us a visit if
possible as soon as may be."
Later in the same year we find the following
record :
"Nov. 5, 1679. It is declared by a general voat,
but one excepted of the towns that ye Rev. Mr.
Joseph Tayler is the man they pitch upon and de-
she in the work of the ministry araongst us ac
cording to former voat of the Towne and endeavours
put forth to procure him."
The call was accepted and he entereci upon his
labors, being installed as pastor of the church about
1680. (These records show that Mr. Harriman
must have left certainly before April, 1679). The
following is an abstract of the "agreement" for the
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106 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
temporal support of Mr. Taylor, dated March 22,
1680 :
1. To be paid to him £100 per ^annum raised
in proportion to each man's estate. To be paid in
winter wheat at 5 shillings per bushel or summer
wheat at 3s per bushel or Indian com at 28. per
bushel and sundry other products with prices at
tached. 2. The use of a Parsonage and four acres at
tached and privilege of a 150 of commonage.
3. One hundred acres of land in woods or com
mons to him and Ms heirs forever ; together with
other four acres in fee and described
4. To do a certain amount of fencing for him.
We cannot but take a just pride in this as in other
evidences of our forefathers making a generous pro
vision for the wants of their ministers. They be
lieved the words of our Savior, that " the laborer is
worthy of his hire," and acted accordingly.
The labors of Mr. Taylor, however, were cut
short by an early death on April 4th, 1682, in the
thirty second year of his age. His tombstone still
stands in the old burying ground, in the rear of the
Jate Capt. James Post.
.-5. JOSEPH WHITING.
Mr. Whiting was the son of the Rev. Mr. Whi
ting, the first minister of Lynn, Mass. He was
born April 6, 1641, graduated at Harvard in 1661,
and assisted his father several years and was installed
as his successor in 1679. He was twice married-
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Governor of Mass., and president of Maine : and
again to Rebecca, who died April 21, 1726.
On the 27th day of June, 1682, a committee were
appointed to go to Lynn, Mass., to invite Mr. Whiting
to come over and preach to the Southampton people
on trial. It is not certain when he first came, nor
when he was installed as pastor, but probably in the
year 1683.
In 1686 we find an "agreement" with him in re
lation to his salary an abstract of which is here
given. 1. £100 per annum to be paid in same manner as
Mr. Taylor's.
2. Use of the Parsonage and four acres and a 150
of commonage.
3. If he continue till his decease, in the jninistry
in this town, then his widow is to have from the
town £100 in money and merchantable produce.
His labors in the ministry raust have been accept
able to the people since he continued with them till
the infirmities of age demanded a cessation of labor.
His pastSrate covered about 33 years, and his death
occurred April 7th, 1723, in the 82nd year of his
age. He sleeps among his flock in the old burying
ground, and with them awaits his resurrection to
eternal life. 6. SAMUEL GELSTON.
The coming of this minister as before noted,
marks a change in the form of governraent of the
church and in its ecclesiastical connection. From
Webster's History of the Presbyterian Church in
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108 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
" He was born in the north of Ireland, in 16^,
and came as a probationer to New England in 1715.
He was received in the fall under the care of the
Philadelphia Presbytery, and was sent to the people
of Kent ou Delaware. Though desired to stay, he
left without the consent of Presbytery, and went to
Southarapton on Long Island. There his brother
Hugh resided ; he was called as colleague with the
pastor, Joseph Whiting, and the congregation
placed itself under the Presbytery's care. The Pres
bytery of Long Island on its organization, took him
on trial, and ordained and installed him April 17th,
1717. His stay was about ten years ; and Aug. 27,
1728, he was received as a member of Newcastle
Presbytery, and took into consideration a call to
Newcastle. The next month he was called to New
London, Chester County, Pennsylvania."
After many changes and wanderings and some
trouble, he is said to have died Oct. 22, 1782, aged
ninety. 7. SILVANUS WljITE.
The seventh pastor was the Rev. Silvafius White.
Webster says of him : " He was born in 1704. His
father, Rev. Ebenezer White, came with his parents
from England to Massachusetts at an early age, and
was the rainister of Bridgeharapton, Long Island,
from its first organization as a parish in 1695."*
May 27, 1695. The town voted to give him 15
acres of land if he came as Pastor of the church at

* But Webster is incorrect as to one point — the grandfather of
EeV. Ebenezer was the emigrant as appears in the family genealogy.

lit fyw«

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"His son graduated at Harvard Univei-sityin 172^,
and was oraained by a council, November 17, 1727,
pastor of the church of Southampton. He mar
ried Phebe, daughter of Hezekiah Howell of that
town. While in every town on the Island, there were
confusions and divisions growing out of the Great
Revival [1741-2] Southampton seems to have dwelt
in peace, united in their minister. In the formation
of Suffolk Presbytery, White and his venerable
father took an active part, and Southampton prompt
ly and unanimously placed itself under its care,
April 27, 1747. Bridgeharapton was in circum
stances of great difficulty : a separation had oc
curred and much animosity existed. The presbytery
' treated with the venerable and aged rainister to re
sign.' He consented to do so, and then on the set
tlement of Rev. James Brown, they spent much
time at Mr. Job Parson's with the people of the
separation on the point, whether they had not vio
lated the rules of the gospel in their treatment of
Mr. White. ' Much seeming stiffness ' appeared ;
but at length sixteen men and twelve women signed
an acknowledgment ' that, though according to
their present light, they were right as to the cause,
they were wrong in the manner.' The aged minis
ter signed a full humble avowal that under ' the
sore and awful frown of a holy God, in a time of
much disorder, teraptation and provocation, he had
spoken unadvisedly with his lips, and asked forgive
ness for having spoken to the disparageraent of a
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110 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
seemed fraught with evil.' " On the 3d, of October
he wrote to the Presbytery expressing his opinion
that the separatists who had been received back had
been treated with too much lenity. They replied :
" the object of church government was edifica
tion, not destruction." Still, the separating party
as a whole, must have persisted in their separa
tion for some time, for we find them soon after
erecting a small church edifice in which Mr. Elisha
Paine was installed pastor. This was known at
that day as the "new-light" raovement, and the
organization was called the New Light Church.
However, as the original actors in the separation
d/ied ofl', none rose to fill their places — the organiza
tion dwindled, and finally about the close of the
eighteenth century, whatever remnant remained was
swept away in a great revival, and merged into the
Presbyterian Church. The tomb stone of Mr.
Paine Bears the following Epitaph :
In memory of the Rev | Mr. Elisha Paine V D M uho |
died Angst 26 AD 1775 JE. 83 | j^as born upon Cape Cod | iW
Ur/ and from thence ^itb his | Hond Father Mr Elisha Paine |
Removed to Canterbury in | Connecticut where he prac- 1
tised the law as an Attor. | ^th great aprobation and { ^<^J
Fidelity and untill 1742 | from thence became preach- 1
(A>-/er of ye Gospel and ilas j Ordained yc lirst minister |
' over ye congregational | church of Christ in this |
Place May HAD 1752 | Thenceforth he rests |
from^his labors,
Mr. Silvanus White "lived in uninterrupted
health through a ministry of fifty-five years, aiid
after a week's illness, died Oct. 22, 1782, his mind
not enfeebled by age, and his hope strong and cheer
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affections of a large and warmly attached congrega
tion. He left seven sons and one daughter ; most
of these lived to advanced age. They removed, but
his son, Dr. Henry White, remained in his native
town, and died there at the age of ninety in 1840."
Some further particulars of his family are given
in another chapter.
Mr, White used to regard his people as his chil
dren and kept an eye upon the reading matter
which fell into their hands. On one occasion hear
ing of a new book going the rounds, bearing the
suspicious title of " The Devil on two Sticks," he
took pains to ascertain where it was, and marched
off at once to exaraine and confiscate it (politely of
course) should it prove contraband of Church.
After the death of Mr. White, in 1782, it ap
pears there was a vacancy in the pulpit until 1784.
During this interval the pulpit was supplied by Mr.
Osias Eels, and Mr. James Eels, of whom nothing
is kuQwn to the writer save their names. Doubt
less they are written in the Lamb's Book of Life
and they themselves gone to their rest.
8. JOSHUA WILLIAMS.
The eighth pastor was the Rev. Joshua Williams.
Of him Mr. Christopher Foster of Wickapogue has
recorded : " This is to keep in remembrance that
Mr. WUliams was ordained May 26, 1785. Mr.
Buel [of East Hampton] preached from 2 Cor. 5 : 14."
He remained tiU 1789 and removed.
Another vacancy now occurred till 1792, during
which period the pulpit was supplied by Messrs.
Strong and Mills successively.

112 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
9. HERMAN DAGGETT.
From Dr. Sprague's Annals the following account
is taken ;
He was born at Walpole, Mass., September 11,
1766. He was a son of Dr. Ebenezer Dagget, a
highly respectable physician in his day, who was a
brother of the Rev. Naphtali Daggett one of the
Presidents of Yale CoUege. The first ancestor of
the family in this country was John Daggett, who,
a few years after the settlement of Plymouth, carae
and took up his residence on the Island of Mar
tha's Vineyard — Dr. Daggett removed with his 1am-
ily from Walpole to Wrentham, when his son Her
man was a boy, and there continued in medical
practice till his death, which occurred Feb. 26,
1782. The son was at his father's decease between
fifteen and sixteen years of age. He had the repu
tation of being an amiable and discreet youth, and
withal had an uncomraon thirst for knowledge.
Quickened however in his efforts, by his zeal for
knowledge, he passed rapidly and successfully
through his course preparatory to College, and be
carae a member of Brown's University in 1784. His
standing there as a scholar was highly respectable,
and he graduated in 1788. In the second year of
his college course, his mind, which had before been
seriously directed by the influence of a christian
education, became deeply impressed with the sub
ject of religion as a practical concern ; and it was
to this period that he referred the commencement of
his religious life. His ardor in literary pursuits,
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MINISTERS. 113
change in his moral feelings, though all his faculties
and attainments were from this time evidently con
secrated to the glory of God and the benefit of his
fellow creatures. Shortly after his graduation he
placed himself as a theological student under Dr.
Emmons, who even at that early period, had ac
quired the reputation of being very learned in his
profession. Having spent about a year in his
preparatory studies, he was licensed to preach by
the Association, holding its session at Northbridge,
in October, 1789, and preached for the first time on
the succeeding Sabbath in Dr. Eramon's pulpit.
Within a short tirae after he was licensed, he visited
Long Island with a view of being engaged as a
preacher, thinking that the climate would prove
more congenial to his health than that of New Eng
land. Here he was received with raore than com
mon favor. For a year he supplied the Presbyterian
congregation at Southold ; and though they gave
him a unanimous call, yet being unwilling to prac
tise on the " Half-way Covenant," * he felt con
strained to decline it. Thence he was called to
preach at Southampton, where also he was unani
mously invited to the pastorship. This latter invi
tation after considerable hesitation, he accepted,
and was set apart by the Presbytery to the pastoral
office, AprU 12, 1792. On the 3d of September
* A very bad practice originated early in New England, (Records
of Synod of Boston, 1662) of administering the rite, of baptism to
ctiildren of baptised persons who make no pretentions whatever to
personal piety upon their " owning the covenant," though they
neglected every other ordinance. This was called the " Half-way
Covenant," and was productive of immense evil in the churches.
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114 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
following, Mr. Daggett was married to Sarah, daugh
ter of Col. Matthewson, a respectable and wealthy
citizen of Providence, R. I. Mrs. Daggett was
a lady of fine accomplishments and most exemplaiy
character, and survived her husband many years.
She died, having never had any children, November
20, 1843.
Mr. Daggett's continuance at Southampton was
for less than four years. Almost iramediately after
his settlement, a difficulty arose between him and a
part of his people on the subject of the " Half-way
Covenant," (he being unwilling to practice on that
principle,) which ultimately extended to .many other
churches, and was the principal, if not the entire
cause, of his resigning his charge. He behaved with
great moderation and dignity throughout the whole
comtroversy, and his character for discretion was
never impugned. It was a sufficient evidence that
he came out of this controversy at Southampton
unscathed, that, almost iraraediately after he was at
liberty, he was called to the jiastoral care of the
church at West Hampton, a village in the immediate
neighborhood of the one he had left. Here he con
tinued greatly respected and beloved by his people
from September, 1797, to September, 1801, when
he was dismissed chiefiy on account of an inadequate
support. In October following he was installed pastor of
the church at Fire Place and Middle Island in the
town of Brookhaven, and preached alternately to the
two congregations till April 1807, when his health
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charge with an intention of never i-esuming the
responsibilities of the pastoral office During the
(ighteen years of Mr. Daggett's residence on Long
Island, and in each of the four several charges with
which he was connected, he enjoj^ed a large raeasure
of public respect, and his labors were, by no means,
unattended with success. He was greatly esteemed,
especially by his brethren in the ministry for the
wisdom of his counsels, not less than for the con
sistency of his general deportment.
After leaving Long Island his health was consid
erably imjiroved so that he was able to preach fre
quently, and even for a considerable time without
interruption. For a year he preached and taught
school at Cairo, Greene Co., N. Y. For some time
he preached also at Patterson, Putnam Co. : and
for two years he preached and taught an Academy
at North Salera, Westchester county. Thence he
went to New Canaan, Conn., where he took charge
of an Academy.
When the Foreign Mission School was established
by the Am. Board of For. Com. at Cornwall, Conn.,
Mr. Dagget was placed at the head of it, May 6,
1818. Here a great and iraportant work devolved
upon him of harmonizing and instructing youth of
all ages from the mere child to manhood, and of
many and various races. Although but about thirty
in number, there were natives of Sumatra, China,
Bengal, Hindostan, Mexico, New Zealand ; of the
Society and the Marquesas Islands : of the Isles
of Greece and the Azores : and Cherokees, Choc
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116 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
the North American Indians. Here he labored with
success for nearly gix years until 1824. Ill health
then terminated his labors and for the next eight
years he rested, waiting for his eternal sabbath rest to
whichhe was called in peace on the 19th of May, 1832.
10. DAVID S. BOGART.
The Rev. David S, Bogart was the tenth pastor
and came here soon after Mr. Dagget 's dismission.
He was a graduate of Columbia College, N. Y.,
1790. Mr. Prime (Hist, of L. I.) says : "Hewas a
licentiate of the Reformed Dutch Church. Being
very acceptable to the people, and not having the
sarae scruples with his predecessor, he received an
early invitation to settle. But before the necessary ar
rangeraents were made for his ordination, he received
an invitation to a Dutch Church in Albany, which
he accepted, and removed thither. In 1798, this
church being encouraged to renew their caU, Mr.
Bogart accepted it, and was installed May 31st,
1798. In 1806 he received a caU to the Dutch
Church in Bloomingdale, and being dismissed Nov.
6th, he removed to New York. The next spring,
this church again renewed their call to Mr. B., and
he was re-installed June 17th, 1807. He was finaUy
dismissed April 15th, 1813."
The next we hear of him is at Wolver HoUow,
in the town of Oysterbay where he was installed
pastor of a Dutch church the first sabbath of Sep
tember, 1813. In the year 1816 a Dutch church was
erected in North Hempstead in which he also min
istered in connection with the charge at Wolver
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11, 1826, after which he removed to New York
where he died July 10th, 1839.
The people of Southampton were very warmly
attached to him, as is evident from their repeated
invitations to him to settle among them. He is
still spoken of by^ some of his old parishioners . in
terms of the warmest affection. In the pulpit he
used much action, was full of vivacity, flowery in
style, and graceful in delivery.
During the next three years, from 1813 to 1816,
the pulpit was supplied by Mr. Joshua Hart, Messrs.
Andrews and Fuller, Herman Halsey and Amos
Bingham, of whom nothing except their names is
known to the writer. ^
Mr. Hart once upset a pedler's wagon which
was in his way. The next Sunday morning he
found a note on the pulpit enclosing a pistareen
with the foUowing distich :
" Eighteen pence to Mr. Hart
For overturniag a tinman's cart."
Here is another pulpit token found by a minister
on his desk one Sabbath morning, an old riddle
simple enough in itself, but the pertinence of which
is not so evident. ' A certain something there may be,
Which earthly kings may often see ;
Poor mortal worms may oft descry it,
But God Almighty can't espy it."
11. JOHN M. BABBIT.
The eleventh pastor was the Rev. John M. Bab
bit. He was instaUed Nov. 19th, 1817, and dis
missed April 18, 1821.

118 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Rev. James M. Huntting, of Jaraaica, says, in
reference to that revival in Mr. Babbit's day : "For
sorae time previous to that revival an increased
tenderness, fervor and interest in prayer, became
manifest in the social meetings generally, but seemed
to rae most manifest in one attended weekly at Misg
Harriet Foster's, on the road leading to Bridge!
Hampton and opposite where the Messrs. Elias and
William Woolley then lived. I had for several
years greatly desired to see a revival such as I had
seen at East Hampton, and which left me, much to
my sorrow, without hope and God in the world.
Hence I visited all the prayer meetings I could.
Others noticed it. On one evening, however, when
I was not present at the meeting above alluded to,
the joyful news was communicated that Capt. James
Post and his wife were rejoicing in hope. The next
morning a young friend of mine hastened to me to
tell me the joyful news. The whole village soon
was filled with deep solemnity and on the following
Sabbath the sanctuary was unusually full, and the
presence and power of the Holy Spirit were very
manifest. The prayer meeting that evening was at
Mrs. Huntting's, and so raany came that the store
and all the rooms adjoining were opened and fiUed
with tbe solemn assemblage. Many not able to find
seats, stood the whole evening — prorainent among
thera, and near the front window, stood Capt. James
Post. When the raeeting closed nearly all remained
and raany approached him to hear him speak of
Jesus. Meetings became very frequent at once, and
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largely attended oue afternoon and evening each
week, when the neighboring ministers came to help
Mr. Babbit, and elders and merabers frora the neigh
boring churches were often present, and took part
in the prayer raeetings — prominent among whom
was, Deacon Stephen Rose, of Bridgeharapton. Con
versions were constantly occurring among all classes,
and the church, which I understood consisted of 70
members when the revival began, received an acces
sion of about 45, among whom were nine husbands
with their wives. Many of the most interesting
youth of the place had been gathered in Bible
Classes, which the Pastor conducted so as greatly to
increase the study of the Bible, and make the new
members of the church able to give a scriptural and
satisfactory reason of their christian hope. The
Word of God was the chief theme of conversation
in the youthful circles I visited, especially the les
sons we recited frora it weekly to the Pastor and
Elders. Rev. Dr. McDowell's Question Book was
used, and sorae of the class found out and interlined
the answers with pen and ink, from the beginning
to the end of that Question Book. The attachment
of the new converts to each other and to Christ,
made life pass so sweetly along, that deep regret was
often expressed when any of them had to leave the
place. And on ray return to the place to teach
school, after a year's absence to study in the Academy
at East Hampton, I found that delightful christian
gi-aee ' Brotherly love ' delightfully prevalent. So
it remained dming the two and one-half years that
I remained there in the school."

120 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
The meetings held frequently, for the special bene
fit of those seeking an interest in Christ and in
dulging recently obtained hopes that they had found
it, were very useful. The counsel given in them and
from house to house, was well adapted to lead all to
build their hopes of heaven entirely on Christ. The
views of the converts were elicited, and when erro
neous, thoroughly corrected, and advice given adapt
ed to raake their practice also correct. Town meet
ing day had often been a day for social recreation by
the young. On its approach that Spring, some ex
perienced christians counseled us to take care and
not let it be injuriously spent. To the dehght of
many it was suggested that the young who were
not needed among the electors, should meet in the
north school house for social prayer. The house
was soon filled and word reached the electors' meet
ing of it, and several of the good deacons and
elders came to the school house and delighted us,
and seemed delighted themselves, as they addressed
us and prayed with us.
The church which had for a long time before
seeraed languishing from that time, grew so that I
found the last tirae I preached there, just four times
as many members in it, i.e., 280 instead of 70.
May the Lord ever bless that church, as dear to
my heart then and ever since, and make your anni
versary a soul refreshing time.
(Written in answer to an invitation to be present
at the celebration of the 225th Anniversary of the
settlement of the town, December 13th, 1865.)
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of Southampton, which has since done much good
in educating pious young men for the ministry,
12. PETER H. SHAW.
The twelfth pastor was the Rev. Peter H. Shaw,
who was ordained and installed Sept. 19, 1821, and
dismissed June 2d, 1829, His grandfather, John
Shaw, came to this country in 1785, with two
sons, John and William, the latter of whom was
the father of Rev. Peter H. The grandfather
was a ruUng elder in the Associate Church in
Greenock, Scotland, and the two sons, with their
wives, were members of the same church. They
settled by the advice of Dr. Witherspoon, of Prince
ton, N. J., in Barnet, Vt. His great grandfather,
Rev. John Shaw, together with Rev'ds Ralph and
Ebenezer, formed the first Seceding or Associate
Presbytery of Scotland. The library of this worthy
minister brought to this country by his son, con
tributed much to moulding the mind and shaping
the principles of his great grandson in his youth.
He graduated at Dartmouth CoUege.
Mr. Shaw, while pursuing his education in New
York, came under the influence of two eminent
christian ladies, Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Hoffman,
and from their pious efforts in establishing Sabbath
schools for the instruction of the poor, he learned
the value of this institution. On his instalment in
Southampton, he first instituted the Sabbath school
here, which, however, soon embraced all the chU
dren in the community. He also, in 1826, was the
originator of the temperance reformation in South-
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122 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
ampton. Under jiarental tiaining his raind had
been directed to the evils of intemperance, and the
publication of Dr. Beecher's sermons on this sub
ject, opened the way for action. With characteristic
modesty he obtained these sermons, and at his third
meeting on Sabbath evening, he read them on thiee
successive Sabbaths. They caused much excite
ment and even opposition. Many said they could
as weU do without bread as ardent spirits. The
following spring the Gen. Assembly recommended
the clergy to preach on the subject. After a reluc
tant consent of the session, a day was appointed
when Mr. Shaw would preach on the evil which
was increasing in the community to a fearful extent.
On the day after the appointment was made, he was
informed that none of the neighboring ministers
had co-operated with him on the subject, and went
over imraediately to Bridge Harapton, Sag Harbor
and East Harapton, and asked the clergy to coun
tenance him at least so far in the movement as to be
present. But they all declined — ^he stood alone,
the youngest member of the Presbytery, but deter
mined, under divine assistance, to go on. He says
of this — " The day came. It was a cold, uncom
fortable day, I think, of November. I had endeav
ored to prepare myself with what care I could. As
I entered the pulpit I saw the house was filled to
ovei-flowing. Every drunkard was staring me in the
face. I saw not only that attention, but that feel
ing was awake on the matter before me. I quailed
under it ; but it was to be met. I never had
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God sustained me. I preached a sermon in
the morning an hour and a half in length,
and in the afternoon better than an hour.
The object was to present the whole subject so far
as I was able. And so large and attentive an au
dience I had not seen before nor since in South
ampton. And before the blessing was pronounced,
a motion was made to adjourn to ray house that
evening, to draw up a constitution and form a so
ciety on the principle of total abstinence."
13. DANIEL BEERS.
The thirteenth pastor was the Rev. Daniel Beers,
who was installed June 8th, 1830, and dismissed
Apiil 21st, 1$35. On leaving Southami^ton he was
caUed to the Presbyterian Church of Greenport,
where he was installed, Dec. 2, 1835, and remained
±iU Jan. 31, 1839. Thence he reraoved to Orient,
preaching, as stated supply, for a number of years,
having commenced his labors there in Feb., 1839.
He was a laborious, pains-taking and useful pastor,
and his labors in Southampton were abundantly
blessed. It was in some measure owing to his en
ergy and ardor in pushing on the enterprise, that
the Academy was erected in 1831.
14. HUGH N. WILSON, D. D„
The fom-teenth pastor was, and is, the Rev. Hugh
N. WUson. His father was James Wilson, Esq., of
EUzabeth, N. J. He was born May 7, 1813, was
graduated at the CoUege of New Jersey, in Prince
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124 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
studied theology in the Seminary at Princeton, and
was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Eliza
beth, April 23, 1835. He commenced his labors in
the ministry in this place in 1835, and was ordained
Oct. 7, 1835, and instaUed June 29th, 1836. In
1837 he was married to Jane, the daughter of Capt.
James Post of this village. The pastoral relation
was dissolved in the spring of 1852. Son-owfully
the people parted with their pastor, for during his
long ministry of seven years, his labors had been
abundantly blessed in extensive revivals and large
accessions to the church. In April, 1852, he de
parted with the good wishes and prayers of his con
gregation for his success in a new field of labor in
Hackettstown, New Jersey. From Hackettstown
he was called to the Second Dutch Church of New
Brunswick, whither he went in the year 1858.
Having been dismissed from this charge, he was in
vited to preach as a stated supply, once more to the
people of his first charge, in Southampton, in the
summer of 1863. Here he continued with accept
ance, the Lord blessing his labors, until a call was
made out for his settlement, which having accepted,
he was again installed the second Sabbath of Octo
ber, 1864. The sermon of installation was preached
by the Rev. William H. Dean, of Amagansett, and
the charge to the people delivered by the same. Rev.
Charles Sturgis, M. D., gave the charge to the rain
ister. 15. JOHN J. A. MORGAN.
The Rev. John J. A. Morgan was installed and
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sermon was delivered by Rev. Edward Hopper, of
Sag Harbor, the charge to the pastor and ordaining
prayer by Rev. E. C. Wines, D. D., of East Hamp
ton, and the charge to the people by Rev. Mr. Edgar
of Bridge Hampton. Mr. Morgan was dismissed in
September, 1855, and ministered to a church as
pastor in Bridesburg, Pa., afterwards he accepted a
call to the pastoi-ate of the church in Hempstead, L.
I., where he stiU remains with much acceptance to
the people of his charge.
From 1855 to 1863, the congregation had no set
tled pastor, being supplied by various individuals
of whom the principal were Messrs, Kennedy and
Cleveland, The Rev, David Kennedy began his labors here
as stated supply in Feb. 1857, and continued till
Jan. 1859.
The Rev, William Neal Cleveland, remained here
as stated supply, from Jan. 1859, to August, 1863.
He was a gi-aduate of Hamilton College and Union
Seminary of New York City.
This church has raised up an unusual number of
ministers, the most of whom are stiU laboring on
earth in the Master's cause. Their names are :
Jonah Fordham, Walter Wilmot, James M. Hunt
ting, Robert Shaw, Samuel Hunt, Samuel Hampton
Jagger, Samuel Huntting, Henry M. Parsons, Ed
ward Halsey Sayre, Samuel Edward Henick and
Gieorge Rogers Howell, and from the Methodist So
ciety, Barnabas F. Reeve.
Dr. Lyman Beeeher (Autobiogi-aphy, vol. 2. p.
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126 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
then in Yale College preparing for the ministry, and
a man of brilliant talent and shining piety : " Oh
how I remember that day when God first fiashed
deep conviction upon my soul, and tore away the
veil from my heart, and set my sins in order before
me ! I was overpowered, and broken down with
grief and confusion ; and when I went out of my
room, whom should I meet but Edward Henick of
Southarapton, Long Island, who was a student with
me at Yale College. How he happened to know of
my feelings, I can't tell, unless he saw it in my face,
but he came up to me, and kindly taking my hand,
began to talk with me upon the subject of religion.
t)h, he was an angel sent from heaven to my soul!
You ought all to be ministering spirits too."
Mr. Herrick was a brother of Mr. Micaiah Her
rick, and an early death prevented him from enter,-
ing upon that labor of love which he coveted. He
graduated in the class of 1796.
REV. PAUL CUFFEE.
The following account of him is derived substan
tially from Prime's Hist, of L. I. He was the sec
ond of seven sons of Peter Cuffee, a native Indian
of the Shinnecock tribe, and grandson, on Ms mo
ther's side, of the Rev. Peter John, who was also a
Shinnecock and a faithful and successful preacher
of the gospel to the native Indians of the Island.
He was born in the town of Brookhaven, March 4th,
1757. His mother was said to have been an emi
nently pious woraan, and a member of the native
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rican descent, Paul was, of course, not of pure abor
iginal blood. At an early age he was inden
tured as a servant to Major Frederic Hud
son, at Wading River, with whom he labored
until twenty-one yeai-s of age. During his min
ority he was reckless and much addicted to such
low pleasures as presented themselves to him in his
sphere of society. But it pleased the /ford to call 1,
him to a nobler career. During a revival in 1778-9,
he was connected, and at once felt an ardent desire
to labor for the salvation of his brethren on the Is
land. Though possessing a very limited education,
he earh commenced preaching — upon what author
ity, or licensed by whom, it does not appear. Re
moving from Wading River he went to Moriches,
where he remained about two years : and thence to
Poosepatuck, where, in 1790, he was ordained to the
work of the ministry, by a council of ministers
fiom the Connecticut Convention. He afterwards
removed to Canoe Place, which continued to be his
residence tiU his death.
On the 17th of Oct., 1792, he was- admitted a
member of the " Strict Congregational Convention
of Long Island," (whatever that was) which had
been organized about a year before, in fellowship
with the " Strict Congregational Convention of
Connecticut." In 1798, he received a coraraission from the
" New York Missionary Society " to labor with the
remnants of the Long Island Indians, in whose em
ploy he continued till his death, and annually re
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128 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON
of his labor was Montauk, Canoe place, and Shinne-;
cock, though he occasionally visited Poosepatuck
and Islip, where there were then a few scattered
remnants of the natibe tribes.
He had a retentive memory, a fertile imagination,
a musical voice, a graceful manner, and, as Mr.
Prime narrates, a most unaffected humility of heart.
He died as he had lived under the smiles of his Sa
vior. His grave raarked -with a plain white slab,
and enclosed with a paling, is on the borders of the
old country road leading west frora Canoe Place,
and about one mile from that settlement. The
headstone bears the following inscription :
Erected | by | The New York Missionary Society
I In memory of | The Rev Paul Cuffee | An Indian
of the Shinnecock tribe | who was eraployed by that
Society | for the last thirteen years of his life on
the I Eastern part of Long Island | where he labored
with fidelity and success, [ Humble, pious and inde
fatigable I in testifying the gos^l of the grace of
God I he finished his course with'joy,, | on the | 7th
of March 1812 | aged 55 years and three days,
THE METHODIST SOCIETY.
In 1845 the old Presbyterian church erected in
1707 was purchased and repaired for a house of
worship for a Methodist society which was then or
ganized. This society commencing with small numbers,
has grown largely, chiefly, however, by immigration,
and at present is vigorous and prosperous. It has
done a good work in the village, and the relations be
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been marked with good feeling. The tolerant spirit
of the fathers has descended to the sons, and both
Churches have laboied cordiaUy side by side for the
promotion of piety and good morals in the com
munity,- CHURCH EDIFICES,
The first church edifice was erected in 1640 or
1641, within a twelvemonth from the settlement of
the town. Its site has been a matter of doubt till
recently, when a deed was discovered in the office of
the Town Clerk by the present incumbent, Mr. Wil
ham S. PeUetreau, for a lot described as the " Old
Meeting House Lot " bounded on the East by Old
Town Street, and North by the highway ; showing
the site to be what is now the homestead of Mr.
Joseph King. This house, according to tradition,
was thatched, as probably were many of the first
dwelling houses.
In 1652, (N. S.) March 20th, at a General Court,
steps were taken to build a church 30 by 24 feet :
posts to be set in the ground and to be eight and a
half feet from the ground to the plate. This was
the second church. Oct. 14, 1667, John Tennison
acknowledges receiving part " pay to the buUding
of the Meeting House." From the records of the
town again, [Liber A, No. 2, p. 51] it appears that
this church was not completed untU some time be
tween 1669 and 1672. As to the location of this
church, there is no doubt whatever. It stood on
what .is now the homestead of Mr. Edwin Post.
Its location is given in a record of a settlement of
17

130 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
a dispute between Isaac Willman and the town, on
Nov. 29, 1672.
The third was erected in 1707, and stood on the
southwest corner of the land of the late Captain
Albert Rogers, facing the main street and the lane.
(See frontispiece.) It is stUl standing, and now
used as a house of worship by the Methodist So
ciety, The fourth was erected in the year 1843.
CHURCH EDIFICES OF BRIDGE HAMPTON.
The first church was erected probably in 1695,
when the parish of B. H. was organized. It stood
about half way between the main N. and S. street
of Sagg, and the street leading from Bull Head to
the beach. It was situated on a road now closed
Up a little south of the present residence of Hon.
Henry P. Hedges.
The second church edifice stood about fifty rods
from Francis' comer, eastward on the N. side of the
street, and half in the street and half in the lot.
The stepping stone before the entrance door stUl re
mains in situ.
The " New Light " church stood about five rods
from the raain highway, between South and Bridge
Harapton, on Rufus Rose's lane, and on the west
side of the lane. SAG HARBOR CHURCHES.
Sag Harbor began to be settled about 1730. No
full history is given of this place since a work giv
ing its history in detail is already prepared by Lu
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vUIt^ was Presbyterian, and erected in 1766. Mr.
Foster, of Southarapton ; Wm. Hedges, of East
Hampton ; and Malbey Gelston, of Bridge Hamp
ton, were appointed at a meeting of its inhabitants
to solicit aid in their several villages. It stood
where the present Episcopal church now stands.
The second Pres. church edifice was erected in 1816,
and afterwards was sold and became the first church
of the Episcopal Society. The third was erected in
1843. There are besides those mentioned, now in
Sag Harbor, a Methodist and a Roman Catholic,
and two churches for colored people.
CHURCH MATTERS.
A few of the decrees of the General Court will
throw some light both on ecclesiastical matters and
on the constant uncertainty and anxiety, if not peril
of our forefathers while living in proximity to ano
ther and a barbarous race.
"Oct. 29, 1645. Ordered by Generall Court
that there shall be a cessation of taking armes to
the Meeting House on the Lord's day from Nov. 1st
to the first of March ensuing.
" Dec. 28, 1669. Whereas there was a contest in
the towne abotit a piece of ground to set the meeting
house upon, now at a towme meeting it is staked
out for that purpose lying upon the front of Isake
WUlman's home lot. (Liber A, No. 2, p. 51.)
"Aug. 4, 1681. At a Town meeting the build
ing of the gaUeries of the church was postponed
till another year."
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132 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
raised by a pro rata tax as appears by the foUowing
order :
"At a towne meeting held Feb. 17, 1687, it is
ordered and Concluded by the generall voate of the
towne, that if any pson shall faUe to pay his Re
spective Rates to Mr. Whiteing of his yearly main
tenance at or before the first of Aprill next ensuihg
after the said Rates shall become Due that then the
Constable for the time being shall take by distress
the said proportions for the year past, of the sev-
erale persons so Defective for the nse of the said
Mr. Whiteing which is to be at ye proper cost and
Charge of those soe behind in their rates.
THE PARSONAGE
" Whereas ye towne of Southampton by unani
mous consent did set aparte a Certain parceU of
Land lying in ye ox pasture unto ye quantity of
Thirty acres and alsoe purchased of John Cooper a
house lott of three acres more or less Cituate or ly
ing against ye meeting house and Builte a house
thereon which said house and Land is now By Joint
Consente of ye towne put into ye possession of Mr.
John Harriraan upon termes ye towne and he hath
agreed on which said house and Lands ware so set
apparte Dovoted or Dedicated by ye towne to be
and Remaine for ever to ye use of ye ministry of
this towne that so from time to time for ever here
after ye said house and Lands may all ways be in
Redynes for ye Entertainmente and use of such
minister or ministers as being called By ye towne
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this place or plantation and for as much as ye said
Lands were with much Difficulty spared and pro
cured By ye towne for ye said use and if ye towne
should Be frustrate of theire said end By ye said
House and Land Being hereafter Disposed of other
wise it is not to be Conoeved in ye eye of reason
that theire should probably be found in this towne
an other suply for the ministry that would be ac
ceptable to or convenient for any minister that
should come to Inhabite and officuate here, wee ye
Inhabitants of this said towne of Southampton doe
thirefore heare by Declaire order unaniraously agi-ee
and vltimately Conclude that ye said house and
Lands sequestered or set apparte as afforesaid shall
according to ye Reall Intente of ye towne Be and
Remaine from time to time and for ever to ye use
of ye ministry of our said Towne as ye providence
of God shall hereafter dispose ministers of ye word
successively ui\to us and noe Inhabitante of this
place shaU ever at any time assume power to Dis
pose of ye said house or Lands or any parte there
off from ye said use of ye ministry without ye full
Consente of every Inhabitant of ye towne that then
shall be surviving and this present agreemente and
Instnunente to be Binding and of full fource to us
our heirs and successors for ever in witness whereof
we have heare unto set our hands this 12 day of
ApriU Anno Domini 1675.
"Thomas Halsey, John Cooper, Arthur Howell^
James Herrick," (and 46 others.)
The town set apart also land in Sagg for the par
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134 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
as the first minister of the Bridge Hampton parish.
Some years later in March 20, 1712 (or 13,) the
following explicit order was promulged :
"Wee, the layers out that are hereunto sub
scribed do make our retum of Laying out the twenty
Acres of Land granted by the town to Bridge
Harapton for the use of a presbyterian ministry and
noe other,"
By this it appears the people at Southampton
called themselves Presbyterians, and even from the
beginning they had ruling elders in the church as
witness, Liber A, No, 1, p. 39, where John Cooper
is named and styled as such in 1644.
The Presbyterian Quarterly of Jan. 1859, as cited
by Dr. Stiles in his History of Ancient Windsor,
says on this point :
"As to the constitution of the individual church
in the early history of New England, it was Pres
byterian rather than Congregational., This was the
case with the mother Church of Leyden, of which .
Robinson was Pastor, and Brewster a Ruling Elder.
They seem to have borrowed their ideas of the
proper and scriptural organization of an individual
church, with scarce a modification from the writings
of Calvin. In the French Reformed Church, as is
well known, the principles of the Genevese Reformer
were more perfectly and constantly carried out than
in Geneva itself, and it is to the French Reformed
Churches that the Leyden Church refers as the pat
tern from which they had drawn. In response to
certain honorable members of his Majesty's Privy
Council, Robinson and Brewster reply under their

CHURCH EDIFICES. 135
own signatures to the eftect that ' touching tho ec
clesiastical ministi-y, namely, of pastors for teaching,
eldei-s for ruling, and deacons for distributing the
Church contribution, as also for two sacraments,
etc., we do wholly and in all points agree with the
French Reformed Churches, according to their pub
lic confession of faith.' They add that some small
diftererices were to be found in their practice, but
such only as were ' in some accidental circumstances'
and * not at all in the substance of the things ' Yet
in specifying these differences, they say, ' We choose
none for governing elders, but such as are apt to
teach.' ' Their elders are annual, etc., ours perpet
ual.' ' Our elders administer their office publicly,
theirs more privately.' These are the only matters
of difference between themselves and the French
Reformed Churches, to whicli they refer in connec
tion with the form of government or the constitu
tion of the individual church. * * '' In ac
cordance with such views the Leyden Church was
constituted. They were of course reflected in the
Constitution of the Plymouth Church in this coun
try. * * Bailie says, the settlers did ' agree to
model themselves (i. e., the people of Hampton,
Mass.,) after Mr. Robinson's pattern,' and Cotton
speaks of ' the Plymouth Church helping the first
comers in their theory, by hearing and discovering
their practice at Plymouth.' * * The Cam
bridge Platform (1648) thus recognizes the Presby
terian Constitution of the Church. It says : ' Of
elders some attend chiefly to the ministry of the
Word, as the pastors and teachers ; others attend

136 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
especially unto rule, who are therefore called ruling
elders: Again ; 'The ruling elder's office is dis
tinct from the office of pastor and teacher.' His
f work is, to join with the pastor in those ajjts of
spiritual rule which are distinct from the ministry
of the Word and Sacraments.' Among the speci
fied duties, are admission of members ; convemng
the church ; ' preparing matters in private ' for
more speedy dispatch ' etc. * * * In accord
ance with these principles the gi-eater part of the
early New England churches were established.
¦:.t ti ti Qf t]je importance of the eldership,
Hooker speaks in very emphatic language : ' The
elders must have a Church within a Chureh, if they
would preserve the peace of the Church. Nor would
he allow questions to be discussed before the whole
body, till the proper course bad been i-esolved upon
in the Presbytery or session of the elders.' "
MANNER OF SEATING PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH OF
BRIDGE HAMPTON.
About sixty years ago the pews of the church
were free, but occupied, according to this regulation.
Men called Assessors, were appointed to seat the
people in rank of age. The oldest and most ven
erable in the congregation were seated in the front
seats — next the less old, and so on till all the seats
below were occupied. In the gaUeries by common
consent, a similar custom prevailed. The young
men held the front and the boys were behind them
diminishing in age as they approached the walls.
Thus a lad beginning with the back seat next to the
wall would, if he lived to old age, by gradual pro*

CHURCH EDIFICES. 137
motion, have worked his way through the whole
church, sitting in each rank successively as death
thinned the ranks before him. The same regulation
obtained with the female part of the congregation.
A wife always sat in a seat of equal rank with her
husband, but always on her side of the house. It
was not till pews were annually rented that the
sexes were allowed to be seated together in the same
seats. In the Southampton church the old men sat in
side seats on each side of the pulpit with the small
boys in their front. It was not uncommon for an
unlucky boy at play to be arrested by a vigorous
box of the ear by one of the old men behind
him. " At a Towne meeting November the 5 1679 It is
ordered that Mr. Justice Topping with the Consta
ble and Overseers attended by Henry Pierson shall
appoynt aU the Inhabitants of this Towne there
proper and distinct places in the meeting house on
the Lord's day to prevent disorder,"
Now-a-days this would be the best means to cre
ate it.
The order of seating has not been handed down,
yet something is known. The pulpit was very highj
sapported by a shaft and projected in front, leaving
directly under it a space large enough for a pew
caUed the deacons' seat, in which these officers were
seated in dignity, overlooking the congregation.
Directly in front of them was the communion table,
between which, and the congregation, sat the magis
trates, 18

138 HISTORV OF SOUTHAMPTON.
The clock in the church was made in New Haven
about the year 1765. CHURCH BELLS.
The following correspondence in relation to the
first two bells from the Records is given as a
curiosity : East Hampton July ye 25th 1693,
Received then one bord the good shipe friends
Adventure of Mathew Howell a sraall Church Bell
waighing about sixty five pound. By order and
for the proper accompt and Risque of the Town of
Southampton aforsaid which I promise to deliver to
Mr Walter Mico marcht In London he paying for
fraight the danger of ye Seas and winds only ex
cepted having given two Recepts of this tenure and
deate the one being accomplished the other is voyed,
I say Received p mee, .-,- ^^ ,
Cyprian South4X,k.

London, Feb. 25, 1693^.
Mr. Matthew Howell, —
Sir according to your Desire I have caused a New
Bell to be cast & itt proues of a good sound but when
I came to enter itt I found itt to be prohipetted ^h
I could not ship ^tbout ye Lord Tresurers rfarratt
^ch xfil be chargeable. There is now a Bill in the
house of Parlamett for ye free Exporteing of BeUs
& I beleave itt jlill be enacted if not I wUl find a
w^aye to hang itt in Som Ship & send it you that
way. '¦' * ¦¦¦'¦"
Walter Mico.

CHURCH EDIFICES. 139
: London, May 19, 1694. Mr. Walter Mico wiites
to Matthew HoweU that according to his order of
Jttiy 25, 1693 for a new bell, he had one cast and
ready to ship in Nov 1693 but could not, it being
prohibited by law. But an act for exportation of
bells having since passed, he shipped it on that day
May 19, 1694 on board the European, John Foy
Master, The beU weighed 173 lbs and the bill was
as foUows :
BeU weighing 173 lbs 14d per lb £10 01 10
Clapper & Screw 11 lbs 7d per lb 00 06 05
All other charges 01 04 11

11 13 02
Credit for old beU 54 lbs 9d per lb 02 08 00

09 05 02

The beU was hung in the church in 1695. It
was carted from " Northwest " near E. Hampton,
by Samuel Cooper.
The bell in the old chiirch in 1843 weighed be
tween 300 and 400 lbs.
In 1843 a bell was purchased for the new church,
but broke within two years, and another was then
obtained weighing about 800 lbs.
A Mr. Boyei^ came over from Havte, in France,
with or after Elias PeUetreau, and Uved in South
ampton. He was a merchant, and boarded with the
etreau famUy in the year 1729, he had made
and presented to the church two heavy communion
cups of silver with the simple inscription engraved
upon themj " S. church, 1729." Ten years later two

ypfu

140 history of SOUTHAMPTON.
others were made with the following inscriptions :
on one, " Sought Hampton Church ;" on the other,
" For the church of Sought hamton, 6 Decembr
1739." The inscription on the tombstone of Mr.
Boyer in the Northend burying ground, is as fol
lows : "Here lyes ye body of Mr Stephen | Bowyer
of Arver in France who | came to this place in ye
year 1686 | Departed this life Oct ye 24 | 1780 aged
73 years."
Brief and simple as this epitaph is, it evidently
contains three mistakes ; 1st, no Frenchman could
have written his name Bowyer — ^we must strike out
the tr as a corruption of his English friends. 2dly,
doubtless his residence in France was in Havre, not
Arver, and thirdly, if he died in 1780, aged 73, he
could hardly have come to this place in 1686. It
is possible his father, of whom we know nothing,
emigrated with Mr. PeUetreau from France, and the
son Stephen followed Francis, the son of Elias Pel
letreau, from New York City to Southampton.
" 1645. Ordered by General Court that each
family by turns shall sweep out the Meeting House
every week, and also from the 1st October to 15th
April, make a fire in it on Sabbath morning. A
failure to do this to be fined 2s and 6 pence.
" May 14, 1649. It is ordered by Generall Court
that the inhabitants of this towne being by the
clarke of the band divided into two parts shall ac
cordinge to the sayd Clark's appoyntment, bring
their armes to the Meeting House every Lord's day,
that is to say, the one half the one Sabbath, & the
other half the other next after & yt every man shaU
be provided with 4 charges of powder & shot or

SCHOOLS. 141
balles, hee that fayleth after due warning is to pay
to the clarke six pence for every fault accordinge to
the former order 3rd July 1648."
SCHOOLS,
From the earliest period of the settlement to this
day, a deep interest has always been felt in sustain
ing the public schools. The character of the origin
al settlers itself secured this in their generation, and
their descendants appreciating the importance of
education, have always sustained the teacher. Some
of the earliest records discovered, together with
others, are here presented,
" 1663, Sept, 22, Jonas Holdsworth is engaged
to keep school for two years at 35 lbs. per year.
" 1664, Sept. 5. Ordered to build a school house
20 feet long and 15 feet wide before winter at the
town's charge.
()'fip¥f%4. John Mowbray engages to teach six
months from the 1st of May to the 1st of Novem*-
ber, tor 12 shillings per ' scholler,' teaching from 8
o'clock tiU eleven in the morning and from one
o'clock tiU five in the aftemoon."
The school house in use for the latter half of the
eighteenth century, and even later, was a large one
story buUding with a wide, open fireplace in each
end. Capacious as the fire places were in the cold
winter days, they were piled high with hickory logs,
and under the genial influences thus diffused, our
grandfathers and grandmothers played, or studied
the old school books that now lie dusty and mouse-
eaten in strange nooks and corners, in ancient houses
with other garret trumpery.

142 HISTORY OF' SOUTHAMPTON.
About the year 1786, the people began to agitata
the question of building an Academy bere^ as one>
was much needed for all the surrounding country.
At that time there was not a high school on the Is
land, at which boys could be fitted for college, and
they were comparatively few in New England. T*
undertake this enterprise so soon after tlie close of
the war, when this town like the whole country had:
been drained of its resources, certainly shows a high"
appreciation of the importance of learning. But
the undertaking was thwarted by a spirit of rivalry
in the sister town of East Hampton, and by the
superior enterprise of Dr. Buel, who, learning the
purposes of the Southampton people, raised his sub-:
scriptions, and promptly obtained a charter from the
State Legislature for the Clinton Academy. This
was in 1787. Another Academy was chartered on
the same day, but judging from the manner in which
the East Harapton Enterprise sped, Clinton Academy
must have been the first incorporated, and so entitled
to the honor it has often claimed, of being the first
incorporated Academy in the State of New York.'
However, the growth of the town at last made! it
necessary to erect a suitable building for a high'
school, and in the year 1831, such a one was erect
ed, and for the most has met with a fair degree of
prosperity. Since its erection it has exercised a
raarked and most beneficial influence on the com
munity. This Acaderay met with a remarkable accident
in the sumraer of 1853. A thunderstorra was pass
ing over the vUlage, and a heavy bolt of lightning

SCHOOLS. 143
struck it about seven o'clock in the morning. The
charge divided, part passing down the chimney at
one end, and on the steeple at the other. The
chimney rested on two tough white oak posts on the
ground floor ; one of these posts was riven and split
into whips, which were scattered over the room.
The charge which struck the steeple also divided —
part passing directly downwards, tumbling the
greater part of the steeple to the giound, tearing
holes in the floors of the second and first stories and
thence passing into the cellar — the other part of the
charge running down the roof, hurled shingles at
least twelve rods, and pushed off by main force at
the north-east comer, the upper portion of the
north side of the buUding for a little space. In the
upper room now called the Academy Hall, nearly
aU the panes of glass in the windows were burst
outwards by the rarified and expanded air.
Since its establishment eleven young raen of the
Village have received their preparatory course within
its walls, ten of whom graduated at various colleges,
and one other had not yet finished his collegiate
course. Of this number five becarae ministers of
the gospel, one of whom, the Rev. Samuel Huntting,
died while pastor of the Presbyterian church at
East Hampton.

CHAPTER VIII,
VARIOUS LOCALITIES — RESIDENCES OF SET
TLERS  CHANGES OF RESIDENCE  RESI
DENCES IN 1865.
It is to be lamented that the language of the ab
origines, the Shinnecock tribe of Indians, passed
away and was forgotten before some one arose to
perpetuate it on record. However, it is perpetuated
in the names of various localities, though their sig
nification is lost. Other local names on the town
records are now no longer known, and stUl others
exist whose origin is obscure. Some changes too in
the laying out of streets and the conjuration and
state of the land have taken place, since the fir^
settlers erected their houses in the forest. The
ocean has made considerable encroachments upon the
land during this period, variously estimated from
forty to eighty rods. The to-wn pond extended as a
creek and swamp, at least as far as Huntting's lane,
A body of water large enough to be caUed a pond,
(Frog Pond) was situated south of the village,
where now there is only dry land. It was doubtless
in stiU remoter antiquity, Uke the succession of ponds
south of the town, an arm of a large bay extending
along the coast, and separated from the ocean by a
range of sand hills. One lane or street has been

VARIOUS LOCALITIES. 145
opened, and another closed — the former Job's lane,
or the Academy lane, which was originally a portion
of the Sayre homestead, and was given to the town
for a public highway by Job Sayie, the son or grand
son of Thomas Sayre, the first settler of that name.
The only way of reaching the fertile land of the
" Necks" was originaUy around the corner opposite the
house where Mr. Age Halsey now resides ; the^^ very ?V
soon after the settlement, Huntting's lane was laid
out as a highway, and finaUy the grant of Job Sayre
succeeded for the same purpose. The first settlers
seem to have occupied chiefly the land in the south
part of the vUlage, in order to place the barrier of a
pond between them and the Indians,
The Indian name of the Island was Paumanake,
and of the town was Agawam, said to signify abun
dance of shells : that is of the shells of which their
wampum was made. This name Agawam has been
given to aaothor beautiful pond of water lying in
the woods between the vUlage and North Sea, east
of the highway. Another sheet of water west of
the same highway is now known as Lake Minnesunk,
(or Queen of the Waters.)
MUl Neck was the local name ef a tract of land
about two raUes eastward of the village, now known
as Water mill.
Eastward of this was a strong settlement from
about 1660, and later, called Sagabonach, and now
known by the name of Sagg.
In some of the public documents of the town, we
notice Shelter Island mentioned under the name of
Farret's Island.
19

146 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
The Indian narae of Canoe Place is variously
spelled as Niarauck and Niamug.
Pondquogue appears to be a corruption of the
oi-iginal Indian appellation Paugonquague, and
Quaquanantuck is now abbreviated and known as
Quogue. GREAT AND LITTLE PLAINS.
These naraes frequently appear on the early
records, and as they are now no longer known as
distinctive naraes of any locality, it may be worth
while to describe the tracts of land so denominated
by our ancestors. The Great Plains or the General
Field, as it was also soraetimes caUed, were bounded
on the North by Captain's neck lane. East by the
town pond, south by the beach, and west by Tay
lor's creek ; thus it included First, Cooper's, Hal-
sey's, and Captain's necks.
The Little Plains were bounded north by Frog
pond lane, south by the beach, east by old town
pond, and west by the town pond. The foUowing
report of the execution of an order of the General
Court will throw light on this matter, whUe for other
reasons it contains items of interest. It is to be re
membered that some of the land therein mentioned
now lies doubtless outside of the breakers in the
Atlantic ocean.
According to an order established by the General
Court, held in Southampton upon the 5 th of March,
A. D. 1651, the little plain was "layed forth in di
visions for the inhabitants of the said town by
Richard Odell appointed for that duty, who layed
forth the said land in three several dividences, one

VARIOUS LOCALITIES.

14!?

of every three making two acres, which two acres
lying in the three dividences aforesaid was layed out
to an hundred and fifty pound lott, the said divi
dences being drawn by the Inhabitants by lottery
upon the 20th day of March, 1651.
" The first dividence bounds with his front upon
the pond at the West end of the said plain, only a
cart way being left betweeti the said front and the
pond, the rear being butted by the side of the first
lott of the said dividence along the west of the
plain, every lot of the said first dividence facing ac
cording to the mark on the stakes to Mr. Smith's
home lot being Northward of the said plain— half
an acre in this dividence was layed to every hundred
and fifty pound Lott."

Lb No No

Robert Me^,
Wm. Browne.

Lb No No

St. Jobn GoSmer,

400 17 32

ir,o 21

Mr. Eeb't Fordham,

300 3 4

Mr. Edward HoweU,

350 11 19

Thoma-s Hildreth,

100 37

and to have a 50 out of his

John Cooper. Sen..

150 9

son Edward's lot

Eichard Post.

100 40

Edward Howell,

100 38

Thomas Cooper,

150 12

WilUam Rogers,

150 16

Mr. Thirston Rainer

200 33

Oapt Thos Topping,

300 18 27

Joseph Rainer,

100 5

Jonas Wood,

150 28

Thomas Burnett,

100 30

Joshua Barues,

150 2

Richard Barrett,

150 22

Ellis Cook,

100 26

Mr. Edward Joanes,

150 34

Mr. J. Stanbrough,

150 20

Mr. Richard Odell,

150 41

John White,

150 15

Richard MiUs,

100 29

Thomas Peale,

100 13

Thomas Sayre,

200 25

John Howell.

200 24

a fifty out of Richard Mills'

and a fifty from Isasic

lot..

Willman.

John Jessup,
100 39
Henry Pierson,
150 8
Mr. Smith, (Richard) 150 36
Thomas Halsey,
300 14 23
Thomas Goldsmith,
100 21
Isaac WiUman,
100 10
John Loom,
100 6
148 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
OX PASTURE.
This was in two divisions, north and south, and
must have been so designated rather later than the
great and little plains, since the southern division
of the ox pasture trenched upon the northern limits
of the great field. The south division lay between
Cooper's and Hal soy's neck lanes on the south, and
Captain's neck lane on the north. The north di-
Aasion lay between Captain's neck lane on the south,
and the main highway to Shinnecock on the north
— out of which tract, however, must be excluded
thirty acres of parsonage land. ¦ The foUo-wing order
will add some light on this point, whUe it shows
also that the eastern boundary of the ox pasture,
both north and south divisions, was the town poni
It was ordered " to erect a five raU fence to begin
at a branch or creek of water belonging to Shinne
cock bay, which divides the land of Major John
Howell and Isaac Halsey Sr., at the west end of
said plains, (Great) and so to mn said fence East
ward on the North side of the highway which di
vides the North and South division commonly known
by the narae of the Ox pasture division, until it
comes to range with the west line of ye parsonage
land, and then to turn Northward to the So. West
corner thereof, and thence on Eastward upon the
South line of botli pieces eif said parsonage land
unto the town pond, which fence is to be the north
bound of said general field and east bounded by the
said pond." RESIDENCES EARLY AND PRESENT.
No one of our ancestors has done for Southamp
ton what Col. Lyon Gardiner did for the town which

RESIDENCES OF SETTLERS. 149
he assisted to bring into existence, viz., leave for
future generations a record of the residences of the
original settlei-s. Many changes in the course of
two hundi-ed and twenty-five yeai-s have, of course,
obliterated some of the old landmarks, and the dif
ficulty in no small one, to reconstruct at this time
the town of 1650. Yet some waymarks are found
scattered all along, by which, with other assistance,
much can be done in solving this problem. The
list of inhabitants in 1649, 1657, and 1698, which
have been given, wiU go far to confirm and com
plete the results of investigation of the town records.
We take the following as sure and reliable starting-
point ; the facts are ascertained beyond all dispute.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN.
Obadiah Rogers lived on the residence of Capt.
Albert Rogers, deceased, and this homestead has al
ways been in the Rogers family.
Henry Pierson lived on the opposite corner where
the church now stands, or it may be a Uttle to the
south on the homestead now owned by Mr. Lewis
Hildreth. Isaac Willman Uved next north of the second
church and on the home lot now belonging to Mr.
Edwin Post.
James Henick lived on what is now the home
stead of Mrs. Hannah, widow of Capt, James Post.
This house was probably a little south of the dwell
ing of Mrs. Post.
Thomas Topping, Sen., lived on what is now the
residence of Mr. Albert Foster.

150 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
Edward HoweU lived (probably) near where once
stood the house of Mr. William P. Herrick — pro
bably in the same house : — his homestead was bound
ed on the north by that of Thomas Sayre, and south
by the parsonage which now is.
Thomas Sayre resided where his descendants still
live, north of the Academy, and probably in the
same dweUing, though one half of the house was
added many years after his death.
The Jones family resided on what is now the resi
dence of the heirs of Mr. Wm. T. Jones, and their
homestead embraced also that of Mr. Edward Hunt
ting, deceased.
Besides these a large number of residences of a
later period have been ascertained from the town
records, the result of which investigations vriU ap
pear at length in the following plot of the main
street of the village.
REMARKS IN EXPLANATION OF THE FOLLOWING PLOT.
The relative width of the lots fronting the main
street, is very nearly preserved in the plot, from Gin
Lane to the Meeting House Lane, on both sides of
the street : but from this point northwards no such
accuracy has been attempted, from want of sufficient
data, and the design is merely to give the relative
location of the residences in early and later times.
The placing of a [] in a lot is also not designed
to mark the position of the house in that lot, but
to indicate simply the fact of a residence somewhere
in the same.

RESIDENCES OF SETTLERS. 151
To the north, say of Robert Woolley, in 1648,
the homesteads appear to have been larger than
those south of this point, and therefore it has been
impossible to indicate the exact locality of some
who there resided. It is known that north of Man-
assah Kempton, on the same side of the street, lived
James Hampton, who gave his homestead to his
son-in-law, James Mappam. North of him lived
Joshua Barnes. North of Barnes lived John Bishop
in 1683.
After every attempt to make an accurate analysis
of- all the data furnished by the records, perfect cer
tainty cannot in all cases be obtained — yet in the
main the plot is believed to be correct in the loca
tion of the homes of our ancestors.
¦ The west fork in the main street beginning at the
residence of the late Capt. Austin Henick, seems tei
have been laid out in 1712.
"Previous to this the line on the west side of the
street must have run directly from the South east
comer of the burying ground to the South east
comer of the homestead of Capt. A. Herrick.

152 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
LITTLE I»LA.i:tVS.

GIN LANE.

SBiOTJ

Edward

Sayre, 1865.

Edward

Jonathan Raynor,
[] 1676.

Sayre, 1«65.

Richard Howell.

Isaac

Joseph Raynor,
[] 1676.

Foster, 1865.

Arthur Howell, 1675,
Ben Davis, 1675, []
Eichard HoweU, Sr. 1676.

Isaac

Richard HoweU, Sen. 1676,
Jedediah Howell, []
Christopher Foster, 1768,
Joseph Foster, 1708.

Foster, [] 1865.

Nathan Jagger,
Joseph Foster, 1698,
Daniel Foster, 1708.

Wm.S.

John HoweU, 1708. []

Pelletreau, 1865.

Edward Howell, 2d, 1657. []
Edward HoweU, 3d, 1699.

Barney
Green, [] 1865.

John Jessup,
[] 1657.

TOLLSOME LANE

- IVOR

THE SETTLERS.

153

THL.

b WW H

ROAD TO THE BEACH. ^

[] Richard Smith, 1649,
Joseph Goodale, * 1698.

Edward
Sayre, 1865.

CD Nicholas
White, 1865.

[] Ben MarshaU, • 1720.

[] Thurston Raynor, 1(!60.

Thomas Halsey, Jr., •
a 1657.

Nicholas
MThite, 1865.

Jonathan Raynor,
a 1657.

Nehemiah HoweU.

HORSEMILL LANE.

Thomas Halsey 1st, and
son, Isaac Halsey
a 1657. Widow Norris.

0 0

Francis

Cook, 1865.

* The probable but not absolutely certain residence.
TH-
20

154

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

jasox:

TOILSOME LANE.

William
Mackie, 1865.

1657, Thomas Goldsmith,
Edward Howell, 2nd,
Joseph Howell, 1699.

Charles Howell, 1865.

Windmill, [] 1650.

AlbertFoster, 1865.

Thomas Topping, ?
1657-1698.
Wick familv. 1700,
Matthew Rogers. 1830.

Mrs. Hannah
Post"[] 1865.
Edwin Post,
[] 1865.

James Herrick,
[] 1650.
William Herrick,
1650.
[] 2nd Church,
Isaac Willinan [] 1650.

George
Herrick, [] 1865.

EUis Cook,
Thomas Stephens. []

George Herrick,
186.5.

Zerubbabel PhilUps,
Thomas Parvine, 1698,
.Tohn White (very early,)
Edward Huntting, 1840.

Mrs. E. P. Herrick, 1865.

Lewis
Hildreth, [] 1865.

Henry Pierson.
[] 1650.
Church 1843.

MEETING HOUSE LANE.

IV o»

THK SETTLERS.

155;

XU.

.\donijah Raynor,
[] 1737,
Major John ,  ,

^ Howell, 1657, *
; Joseph HoweU, 1737,
: Silas HoweU, 1780

: Joseph
i Fordham,
I [] 1698,

b
bH

Jonah Fordham,
n 1698.

John Cooper,
[] 1678.

[] Parsonage.

I Nathan Herrick. Q 1748.

F. Cook,
[] 1865.

E. Sayre.
[] 1865.

Wm. Mackie,
[] 1865.
John Allen,
[] 1865.

Henry White.
[] 1865.

[] Parsonage, 1865.

Q Edward HoweU, 1st.

Philetus

1648.

Pierson,

Edmund HoweU, 1656.

[] 1865.

Edward HoweU, 1st, 1640,

Edmund HoweU, 1660-96

Henry

Nathaniel HoweU,

Reeves,

Stephen Reeves,

n 1865.

Edward HoweU, Ist, 1640,

Edwurd

Hugh Gelston,

Reeves

 Reeves.

[] 1865.

JOB'S LANE, OR ACADEMY LANE.
* Not certain whether Major John Howell resided
the lot of F. Cook or E. Sayre.
TH.

156

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

SOU

Albert Rogers,
heirs [] 1865.

WUliam Rogers,
Obadiah Rogers,
1648. a

Charles
Howell, 1865.

Joseph Post. 1657. []
Edward Howell, 2d, 1688.
Jonah Howell. 1699.
Zebnlun Howell, 1775,
Josiah Foster, 1865.
[]
Samuel Butler ? 1690.
Ben H. Foster,
[] 1865.
Thos. Burnett,
[] 1657.
Abraham Cooper.
C. Pelletreau, 1860.
W. S. PeUetreau,
1865. []
John Toppir\g,
John Gosmer, 1680. []
John Woodruff.
F. S. Sayre,
1865. ?
John Foster, 1657.
Abraham Cooper, 1738. a
Samuel Huntting. 1739.
-^ ROAD TO BRIDGE HAMPTON.
Rhodes, 1864. ?
Wm. Huntting,
? 1865.
George Post.
? 186,'-).
Robert Woolley.
a 1657.
George Post,
1865
Manassah Kempton.
(Pope's Lot.)
G. Post. 1865.
J. Rogers, 18BU. a
Wm. S. Pelletreau,
a 1865.
James Hampton,
James Mappam.
Jesse Halsey,
a 1865.
Wm. K. Post,
0 1865.
Jonathan Fithian,
? 1865.
J. Fithian,
1865.
TSTOia
THE SETTLERS,

157

TH.

>H %
IdU

Thomas
Sayre 1648.
[]

Wm. N. Sayre,
[] 1865.

[] H. Rhodes. 1840.

C. Parsons, 1865.

1755, Wm. White, 1698, , „ „ , ,g.g
1764, Zeb. Cooper, Maltby. ^^ E Halsey, 1865.

f, Ephraim White, 1698,
tJ John Halsey, 1756,

D. Fordham,
1865, []

John Gosmer, 1659,
John Topping, 1660,

Fred. HoweU,
[] 1865.

„ Isaac Halsey. 1698.
'¦^ Chapman family, 1840,

Wm. T. Jones, 1860.
[]

Jones family.
H1648.

Wm. T. Jones,
1 860. []

P, Jones as above,
U Matthew HoweU.

..Ed. Huntting,
'"' 1840.

HUNTTING'S LANE.

[] John Jagger,

G. White,
[] 186.5.

§3- ^
Sill
ff
TH.

Wm. RusseU,
Obadiah Sale,
Caleb Heathcote.

Burying
Ground.

John Laughton, []

Wm. Fowler,
[] 1865.

John Laughton, Harriet R. Halsey, [] 1865.
21

15S HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Cornelius Voncke, a Dutch shoemaker lived where
Mr. Thomas Warren lives. He died, and his -wife
sold the homestead to Edward White, June -7, 1682,
and on June 14, 1682, Edward White sold the
saitie to William Mason.
l^'orth of him on the west street running by the
swamp in 1679, lived Kichard Painter ; and north
of his house a road was laid out in 1682, running
at an angle of about 60° from this street to the hill
street or main highway to the hills of Shinnecock.
West of Voncke, from 1646 to 1684, Thomas
Cooper resided.
John Tennison for a time, about 1668, resided on
what is now the corner lot of Capt, Thomas Royce
oil the hill.
South of this, about where is the residence of
James Pierson, deceased, in 1698, lived James Cooper.
Thomas Groldsmith removed to Killingworth, Ct.,
where his uncle John Goldsmith resided.
John Ogden removed to Elizabeth, N. J., before
1667. Obadiah Sale removed to Boston.
Edmund Howell, in a deed of date about 1696, is
spoken of as then residing in Cape May Co., N. J.
Thomas Hildreth died, leaving widow Hannah
and a number of young children, names not given.
At the time of his death his eldest son Joseph ap
pears to have anived at the age of manhood, and
inherited the homestead at Flying Point. But
afterwards either Joseph or his son Joseph lived on
what is now the residence of William Woolley, the
grandfather of Mr. William Woolley, now living.
About 1650, Thomas Topping gives to his son-

CHAXGES OF RESIDENCES. 159
in-law, James Herrick, a lot of land on his front,
about two rods wide, for a house lot. He lived on
what is now the homestead of Mr. Albert Foster.
At this time, probably, and certainly in 1681, John
Jessup lived on -what is now the residence of the
widow of Capt. James Post : for in 1681 John Jes
sup sells this homestead to James Heirick. North
of this, where some shops or wood houses of Mr.
Edwin Post now stand, must have been the site of
the second church. North of the church was the
Court House, and in the rear the Jail. Still north
of these, on the present homestead of Mr. Ed-win
Post, was the residence of Isaac WiUman. Next
to this was the house of EUis Cook, now Mr. George
Herrick's. Then next north lived John White very
early, and north of liim, embracing the present //_
homestead of Mr. Lewis Hildreth, and Mrs. ¦Pbe^.,£«'^^
widow of Dr. John P. Herrick, was the residence of
Henry Pierson.
The house lot of WiUiam RusseU was sold to
Obadiah Sale in 1678, bounded N. by home lot ^f
John Laughton, E. by the street, S. by the home lot
of John Jagger, and W. by the highway leading to
North Sea. Obadiah Sale sells this homestead to
George Heathcote, and it was afterwards 2niirohased
of Heathcote by the town for a burying ground and
is stiU so used.
1676. Richard Howell exchanges a lot laid out
for a home lot of four acres, bounded N. by home
lot of Joseph Raynor, S. by home lot of Mrs. Ra/y-
nor or Jonathan Raynor, (R. HoweU bought this of
John Lum) for six acres of Ben jDavis' which he had

160 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
oi Arthur Howell and which were next to and south
of Richard Howell's home lot.
Arthur Howell and Hannah his wife, seU his
home lot and house to Ben. Davis, May 2, 1675,
which lies between Joseph Raynor and Richard
HoweU's, containing six acreis. Arthur Howell re
moved to Sagabonach.
We will add some statements communicated lo
the author, concerning the residences during the
better half of the last centun-, by Mr. Charle.s.
Pelletreau, now deceased.
South of Mr. Isaac Foster's house was the resi
dence of Obadiah HoweU.
North of Mr. Isaac Foster lived Nathan Jagger.
South of Mr. Nicholas White lived Hugh Ray
nor, and James his son, lived in the present residence
of Mr. White.
North of Mr, White lived Benjamin Marshall.
North of Horsemill lane lived Adonijah Raynor.
South of the house of Mr. Barney Green lived
John Howell. Deacon Thomas Jessup erected and
occupied this house of Mr. Green. A windmill
once stood on the South-west corner of the lot of
Capt. Charles Howell, which lies south of the home
stead of Mr. Albert Foster. Stephen Howell lived
on the present residence of Mr. Edwin Halsey.
Jeremiah Jagger lived on the present residence of
Capt. George White. East of the homestead of
Capt. Barney Green, deceased, lived John Fowler,
Esq. Caleb Cooper lived on the present residence
of Mr. Sherder. Charles Cooper Uved on the place
of the late Sylvanus Marshall. Dr. Smith lived on

RESIDENCES IN 1865. 161
the place of Mr. WUliam Pelletreau, deceased.
Joshua Sayre lived north of the j)resent home of
Mr. Caleb Halsey. Stephen Sayre lived on the
present homestead of Mr. Jackson, but afterward
removed from the town.
Ehas Foster lived on tbe present homestead of
Mr. Peter Fournier. John Foster, one of the con
vention to adopt the constitution of the United
States, lived on the present homestead of Mr. Lewis
Hildreth. Dea. Samuel Howell lived on the horae
stead now of Mr. Jeremiah Squires.
To complete the list of present residences in the
main street from the fork in the road opposite the
burying ground, northwards on the trapezoidal tract
of land which forms the fork, lives on the end front-
mg the south, the widow of the late Capt. Austin
Herrick. On the east side north of Mrs. Herrick
hves Capt. Daniel Jagger and north of him Capt.
Henry Halsey, and stiU north of him Miss Sayre.
On the west side of the same liles Mr^. Age Hal
sey. On the east side of the east branch of the
main street line, successively advancing northwards,
the widow of Jonathan Fithian, Esq., (as in the
plot before given) Charles Bishop, Caleb Halsey,
 Jackson, Peter Fournier, James Bishop, Wil
liam Jagger, and Lewis Jagger. On the west side
of the same branch Uve Mrs. Lewis Sanford, Albert
Jagger, Albert Reeves and Francis Bishop. On the
south end of a tract of land between the two
branches aforesaid, and fronting south Uve Mr.
Lewis Bojfden, on the west, and Mr. John Burnett "^
to the east of him. On the west side of the west

162 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
branch, north of Capt. William Fowler (as in
the above plot) lives Mrs. Han-iet R. Halsey,
Mr. E. Wines Payne, and Captain Samuel Mp-
Corkle. On the east side of the same lines/ Mr.
David Jagger.

CHAPTER IX.
INDIANS  FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THEM
 PURCHASE OF THEIR LANDS  LEASC OF
SHINNECOCK AND THE HILLS  S.ALE OF
SHINNECOCK HILLS.
At the time of the settlement of Southampton,
five tribes of Indians were Uving in its vicinity.
The tract of land originally settled was purchased
of the Shihnecocks, leaving part of their lands stil)
in their possession. The remainder of their terri
tory was afterwards purchased, and the western
boundaiy of the town then was on the borders of
the Poosepatuck, or Poosapatuck and Patchogue
tribes, and the northern on the borders of the
Peaconirfs. To the east roamed the Montauk, the '^Z
royal tribe of the Island whose chief, Wyandanch,
a man of noble character, exercised supreme authority
over the whole thirteen tribes who occupied the Is
land. The abrogate proportion of these tribes is
now^ unknown, though collateral facts confirmed by
tradition afford good evidence of its being very great.
The Montauks are said to have been the most nu
merous and powerful. Tradition has it, that in early
times when drawn out in " Indian file " the warriors
of the Shinnecock tribe extended from Shinnecock
g*te to the town-^this being about two miles would

164 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
give them at least 2000 adult men — ^but 200 seems
far more probable. Nowedanah, a brother of Wy-
andftnch, was the chief of the Shinnecocks, as appears
in the deed of sale of East Hampton.
There is no reason to suppose the Indians on the
east end differed in character from those on the
main — they were bold, hardy and warUke. Yet
never once was there any armed collision or serious
disturbance of the peaceful relations initiated at
the settlement of the town. There were indeed, at
times, ominous threats and rumors, but they aU
originated in the i ' "f " ations of the natives on the
main, or, there " ^'^^ reason to believe, of the
Dutch in New 1^!J. This friendly feeUng was
owing partly to the fact of the fair and equitable
treatment they universally received from the Eng
lish ; and partly from the peculiar circumstances of
the natives themselves. The Montauks on the east,
and the Shinnecocks on the west, had been harassed
by incursions of the Narragansetts of Rhode Island,
and were glad to enter into a treaty with the Eng
lish for mutual protection. It wiU be seen from the
Indian deed of 1640, given in the appendix, that
this stipulation was made with the whites as a part
of the consideration in the sale of the land. This
understanding between the Indians and the EngUsh
went far to secure peace within their borders.
The amicable relations between the two races was
seriously threater^d in 1653, when the Narragansetts,
perhaps alUed emissaries of the Dutch, endeavored
to seduce the Indians on the east end of Long Island
into a combination with them to exterminate all the

FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE INDIANS. 165
white settlers. In this they were unsuccessful, al
though the apprehensions of the English were
greatly excited, and for some time unusual care was
taken to guard against a sudden attack.
Mr. Prime, Hist, of L. I., says: " The conduct of
the Long Island Indians towards the whites, is
without a parallel in the history of this country. It
was to be expected that individual acts of aggres
sion would occur on the part of a barbarous people,
for real or supposed injuries. But even these were
rare ; and the Indians always showed themselves
willing to submit to an impjEj^^j'''. investigation, and
just decision of aUeged wrc \
From Records of Partici^^jg , arts at Hartford,
Ct , Liber 2, p. 99, as published in Hist. Magazine,
by Mr. Charles J. Hoadley, we take the foUowing:
"A perticular Court [at Hartford] May 11th,
1657. " Vpon examination of Wig-
M „,„„„.,„. wajrub, hee confessed that hee
Jno Webster Esq Gournor ^as hyred to burue Mrs. How-
.Mr WeUs Deputy ell's housc, by two Indians one
Mr Cnllick Awabag, whoe pmised him one
Mr Clarke gun : and Agagoneagu who
Mr^aileoat tl promised him 7s 6d and hee
Mr. Ogden said Auwegenum did know hee
nth was to burne the house two dayes
MrAlUnA before it was done — and that
Wm Wadsworth himselfe and the three Indians
were together when he was
hyred, but Auwegenum did not heere their discourse,
but Auwabag told Auweganum of it afterward.
22

166 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
" Vppon consideration of the motion made from
or friends at Southampton for the prsence, counten
ance and assistance of 20 men from vs, and con
sidering their sad distressed prsent state by reason
of the insolent and insuffrable outrage of some
heathen vpon that Hand and neare that plantation
by fyering seuerall dweUing houses to the vndoing
of seueraU members of this CoUony.
" This Court order that there shaU be 20 men
(Wprssed forth]/^th to goe oner to their assistance as the
case may require together nth necessary pmision &
tw Amunition ^ch are.i'O^ be,e taken out of the seurall
Townes in the pportion following :
Hartford 
Windzor 

These men to have 25 ib of
powder & 50 lb of Bullets."

Wethersf 
Farmington —
Midi town 
Sea Brooke —
Pequett 
The only other occurrence of tbis kind whicb
happened in Southanipton was the murder of Mrs,
Thomas Halsey, in 1649, which caused some appre
hension of a general insurrection against the Eng
lish. A messenger was immediately sent to the
magistrates to summon Wyandanch to appear be
fore them. " His counselors fearing that he would
be summarily condemned to death by way of re
taliation, advised him not to obey the summons.
Before he expressed his own opinion, he submitted
the case to Mr. Gardiner, who happened to be lodg
ing in his wigwam that same night. By his advice

FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THB INDIANS. 167
he set out immediately for Southampton, Mr. G.
jigreeing to remain as a hostage to the tribe, for the
safety of their beloved chief. W ith amazing celerity,
he not only accomplished the journey of twenty-five
miles, but actually apprehended on his way, and de
livered to the magistrates, the murderers of the
woman ; who, instead of being his own subjects,
proved to be Pequot Indians from the main ; some
of whom were generally lurking on the Island for
the pur})ose of promoting disturbances between the
natives and the new settlers. These men being sent
to Hartford, were there tried, convicted, and ex
ecuted." The only allusion to this murder found in tbe
records is as follows :
" I the subscriber, namely, Thomas Halsey do
witness that at the time of the troQble in this town
of Southampton by reason of murther committed
by the Indians ; at a great assembly of the Indians
fbr the settling of matters in fine, I saw Mandush
(who was a man reputed and acknowledged generally
by all Indians for those parts to be the great Sa
chem's son of Shinnecock) cut up a turf of ground
in Southampton and delivering it to Wyandanch,
gave up all his right and interest unto him. And
he the said Mandush uith many other of the chief
of Shinnecock Indians, as ancient men did manifest
their consent and that they were contented by their
ordinary sign of stroking Wyandanch on the back
and since that time the said Wyandanch hath acted
upon the aforesaid interest given to him as by letting
and disposing of lands at Quaquanantuck and

168 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
elsewhere. And I never heard any deny Wyandanch
his right and propriety in the premises until of
late. And this I am ready to depose when there
unto called. Witness my hand the 19 day of Sep
tember 1666." "THOMAS HALSEY."
" I the subscriber namely Thomas Sayre do also
witness all that his above testified by Thos Halsey
except only the delivery of the turf and further that
when Mandush gave up his right to Wyandanch,
and stroked him on the back, Mandush also told
Wyandanch that no^he ^ould be aU one dog.
And this I am ready to depose when I am there
unto called. Witness my hand this 19 day of Sep
tember 1666." "THOMAS SAYRE."
Confirmation of this relinquishment of the fee of
the land, similar perhaps to that under William the •
Norman, in England, that, according to the feudal
system, the barons should hold their tenures of the
King, is found in some documents which Weany,
Sunk Squa (or the royal Squaw, or Squaw Regent,
in court parlance) the widow of Wyandanch unites
in signing with the Shinnecocks.
As to their religious belief, it has been found
impossible to ascertain any information from
the living representatives of the Shinnecock tribe.
But Lyon Gardiner, the chronicle of East Hamp
ton, has left on record a statement in reference
to the Montauks, who, doubtless, differed in nothing
in this respect from other Long Island tribes. As

RELIGIOUS BELIEF. 169
BO man was better qualified than he, the worthy
friend of the noble Wyandanch, we give his notes
entire. " They were, as I have before remarked, Polythe-
ists. They had gods in great numbers ; many of
lesser influence, having particular charges, and two
of exalted degree, the good and evil Deity, having
a general superintendence and control, as well over
aU other gods as over men. There was a god of the
four corners of the earth, and the four seasons of the
year ; another of the productions of the earth ;
another of the elements ; one of the day and night ;
and a god of the hearth, the family and domestic
relations. The great, good, and supreme Deity they
called Caulkluntoowut, which signifies one pos
sessed of supreme power., The great evil spirit was
named Mutchesumetook which signifies evil power.
They worshipped and offered sacrifices to these gods
at all times. They had small idols or images which
they believed knew the will of the gods and a regu
lar Priesthood by whom these idols were consulted.
The priests were called Powawows, or Powwas, and
declared to the people what tho gods required of
them. When dances and feasts should be made ;
when presents should be given to the old people ;
when sacrifices should be offered to the gods, and of
what kind. These Powwas pretended to hold inter
course uith the gods in dreams, and with the evil
spirits in particular, who appeared to them under
different forms, and by voices in the air. These
were the Medicine-men. They administered to the
sick ; reUeved those afflicted uith evil spirits and

170 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
poison, and by incantations and charms, protected
the people from all harm. Subject to the Powwas'
influence, neither fire could burn them nor water
drown them ; nor could they receive any injury what
ever. The most savory sacrifice made to the great
Deity -was the tail or fin _ of the whale, which they
roasted. The leviathan, from which it was taken,
was at times found east upon the sea-shore, and then
a great and prolonged Powow or Religious Festival
was held. At these festivals great efforts were sup-
ufy posed to be necessary to keep the Evil One Ti1;hout
the circle of their incantations. His presence, it
was believed, would defeat the object of the Powwas
in the procurement of the favor and particular re
gard of the good deity. Violent gesticulations, loud
yells, and laborious movements of the limbs and
body, with distortion of the features, were continued
until the excitement produced approached to mad
ness. When the Evil Spirit was supposed to be
subjugated, tbe dance and the feast commenced. It
is among the Indian traditions, that the existence of
the Evil Spirit was evidenced by his having, when
driven from the feast, left the imprint of his foot
upon a granite rock on Montauk, and made three
holes in the ground, at regular distances, where he
alighted, in three several leaps from the stone on
which he had stood, and then disappeai-ed.
"They believed in a future state of existence,
that their souls would go westward a great distance,
and many moons journey, to a place where the spirits
of aU would reside, and where, in the presence of
their great Sawwonnnntow, beyond the setting sun,

RELIGIOUS BELIFF. 171
the brave and the good would exercise themselves
in pleasurable singing, in feasting, hunting, and
dancing forever. The coward, the traitor, the liar
and the thief, were also there, but the enjoyments
of the favored Sawwonnnntow only added to the
pain of the punishments visited upon the misdeeds
of the wicked. Servile labor, so painful to and so
much despised by the Indian, was the allotment of
the sinful. The making a canoe with a round
stone, and the carrying water in a wicker basket
were among the perplexing exercises of those who
had sacrificed the happiness of their future exist
ence to the will of Mutchesumetooh or the Evil
power." No more hopeless fate than this, the classical
student wiU observe, was awarded by the grim Rhad
amanthus to Sisyphus Taiitalus, or the daughters of
Danaus. In 1641 the General Court passed a law making
it penal to sell any instrument of war, namely,
guns, powder, bullets, lead, swords or matches to
the Indians, and also against selling any liquor to
the same. A second law was afterwards passed,
allowing certain specified parties to ti ade with them
discreetlyin these things.
For many years after the settlement the Indians
derived their subsistence, like their brethren in other
parts of the country, chiefly from hunting and fish
ing. But graduaUy adopting the civilized life, for
generations past, they have cultivated sufficient land
to supply their wants, together with the wealth they
have drawn from the adjacent waters. They are

172 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
now generally provided with comfortable homes, and
maintain a school in their midst, and two small
churches. As before stated, the first purchase from the In
dians Avas made on Dec. 13th, 1640. Then the
Quaquanantuck or Quogue purchase of which no
record appears in the town records. 'Thirdly, Top-
l.)ing'» purchase of land west of Quogue, effected
April 10, 1662, and finally a re-purchase of the
whole town, Aug. 16, 1703, the deeds of aU which
will be found in the appendix.
LEASE OF SHINNECOCK TO THE INDIANS.
In order to settle all disputes which had arisen
concerning the title to the land of the town, and
quiet the Indians in their apprehensions at the dis
appearance of their hunting grounds, as before
stated, a convention of the whites and Indians was
held at Southampton, Aug. 16, 1703. In addition
to the re-purchase of tbe town, the whites gave to
the Indians the following lease of Shinnecock and
the hills :
" This indenture made between the Trustees ofthe
commonalty of the Town of Southampton in the
County uf Suffolk and province of New York on
Island of Nassau on the one part, and Pomquama,
Chice, and Manaman and their people belonging to
Shinnecock of the other part, witnesseth : That the
said Trustees of the Town aforesaid, by and with
one full consent and agreement for divers good,
causes them thereunto moving, and one ear of In
dian corn annually to be paid to the Trustees of said

LEASE OF SHINNECOCK TO THE INDIANS. 173
Town for the time being, yearly, and every year,
upon the first day of November, and for and upon
the condition and proviso hereafter expressed, have
demised, granted, and to farm letten, and by these
ptesents do demise, giant, let, and let to farm unto
the said Pomrfhama, Chice, Manaman, and their «/
people abovesaid, all that their certain tract of land
lying within the bounds of Southampton aforesaid,
called by the name of Shinnecock and SeboAac,
bounded west by Canoe place, alias Niamug, and
bounded southward by Shintoecock Bay, and east
ward by a line riMinittg from the head of Shinnecock
Creek to the north-west corner of James Cooper's
Close, and from thence northwardly to the westward
part of Jonathan Raynor's land, at Sebonac old
gi'ound, and from thenoe on a direct line to a place
called the warehouse by the North Bay, and on the
north by the said Bay ; meadoWs, marshes, grass,
herbage, feeding and pasturage, timber, stone, and
convenient highways only excepted. With all and
singular the privileges and advantages of plowing
and planting, and timber for firing and fencing, and
aU other conveniences and benefits whatsoever, ex
cepting what before is excepted to the only use And
behoof of the said Indians, their heirs and slicces-
sors, for one thousand years thence next ensuing
the date hereof : Provided always the said Indians
do not keep nor cause to be kept, any part or parcel
of the said land within fence or enclosed from the
last of Octobet to the first of April, from year to
year, -itering the whole term srforesaid ; and for the
full coafiilnation hereof, the parties have inter-
23

174 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
changeably sot their hands and seals in Southampton
aforesaid, this sixteenth of August, Anno Dom. 1703.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of
Stephen Bouer, Arthur Davis, Benjamin Marshall,
Thomas Stephens, Gersham Culver, John Maltby,
Daniel Halsey, Hezekiah Howell, Abraham HoweU,
Jekemiah Scott, Joseph Fordham, Josiah Howell,
Joseph Howell, Trustees."
Immediately after the above lease is recorded in,
the town records the following :
"We, the trustees within named, according to the
town's former agi-eement with the said Indians of
Shinnecock, do hereby grant Uberty to them and
theirs, to cut flags, bulrushes, and such grass as
they usually make their mats and houses of, and to
dig gr(-)und nuts, mowing lands excepted, anywhere
in the bounds of the township of Southampton
aforesaid, as witnesseth our hands and seals this
16th day of August, 1703.
Witness :
Josiah HoweU, Abraham Howell, Stephen Bouyer,
Arthur Davis, Benjamin Marshall, Joseph HoweU,
Daniel Halsey, Hezekiah Howell, John Maltby,
Jekemiah Scott, Joseph Fordham, Thomas Stephens,
Gersham Calver, Trustees."
Acknowledged same day before Johu Wheeler,
Justice. SALE OF SHINNECOCK HILLS IN 1861.
By a special act of legislature, the Indians, iu
1859, were empowered to sell and did sell to the pro
prietors, aU their rights to the Shinnecock hiUs
which they possessed (or their children were to pos-

SALE OF SHIN.VECOOK HILLS IN 1861. 175
sess) by the above leaso of 1703, in consideration of
liaAang in themselves the fee of Shinnecock neck.
On Feb. 19, 1861, tlie hills were sold by the pro
prietors at public auction, for $6,250, and pur
chased by a company of Southampton people,
chiefly for purposes of pasturage. In the adver
tisement for the .sale occurs the following : " Sit
uated in the central part of said To-wn, and extend
ing from Peconic Bay on the north, to Shinnecock
Bay on the south, and containing about 3200 acres.
The Indian claim and interest in these lands have
been recently extinguished by agreement with the
Indians, and by the consent and ratification of the
Legislature of the State of New York, so that the
title to the property is now undisputed and indis
putable. A considerable portion of the land is of
good quality, ready for the plough, and susceptible
of being converted into fine farms. The remainder
is weU adapted to sheep and cattle grazing, to which
the whole tract has been exclusively devoted for
many years."

CHAPTER :X.
EARLY CUSTOMS  WHALING  BURYING
GROUNDS  MISCELLANEOUS.
Many of the customs and peculiarities of our
forefathers have already been noticed in various
portions of this work, so that but Uttle remains to
say ou this point. Like their friends in New Eng
land, it appears from the records, that they for a
time abandoned the use of the names of months and
days as given in the calendar ; dating an event, .p.g,
on the 7th day of the week of the 4th month, in
stead of Saturday, June 4th. This custom origi-
nated fix)m conscientiotis scruples against the use of
names of heathen origin.
In an old collection of almanacs published in
Cambridge, Mass., from 1671 to 1686, inclusive, the
year commenced with March 1st, and ended Feb,
28th. With 1687, and since that time, the year
was reckoned to begin with Jan. 1st. There is
strong evidence that the people of Southampton in
1644, and generally, reckoned the commencement
of the year with March 1st. See the two orders in.
Chapter IV. in reference to the combination with
Connecticut. This is confirmed by two orders re
corded in Chapter II., in reference to the laying out

K.\RLY CUSTOMS. 177
of the present site of the village into house lots.
The first, dated 23rd of the 1st, (which was March)
1648, appointed a meeting of the town, etc., the
second order dated March 27, 1648, declares the re
sult of the deliberation. The dates of these two
orders, since we must reasonably hold they were
both in the same year, prove the year, according to
their reckoning, to have commenced on the first of
March. On the other hand the date of the instrument of
the " DisposaU of the VesseU " March 10, 1639 ;
their attempt at a settlement westward at Cow
Bay, although there is a discrepancy of a year in
the Dutch and London records, is fixed at May,
1640, by irr^fragible evidence, and it would seem
that at least this document is dated according to the
custom which is said to have prevailed in England
until 1752, of reckoning the year to begin with
March 25. We cannot account otherwise for a year
that weuld be lost by the settlers, whereas every
thing goes to show that on leaving the western part
of the Island, they came almost immediately to this
place. The sabbath was reckoned to begin at sunset of
Saturday, and ended with sunseting of Sunday.
Whetiber the autumnal thanksgiving now custom
ary through the. country, was kept in early times
here, as it was in New England, is not known. But
. that occi»ioiial fast daye were observed, we may
"^^er from an anecdote of some old worthy long de
parted, who wished a certain fast on account of a
long drought, might be deferred one day until he

178 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
had gathered in some hay that was ready for the
bam ! There -ft'as some faith at least in fhe efficacy
of prayer. „,
The old English custom of having the Y/le or
Christinas log, was retained in some families, at
least, until the old fashioned wide fire-places went
out of vogue. This -was. an unusually large hickon'
back log whicli was cut and selected for this purpose
in the woods, and took its place on Christmas
morning, though it was not customary, as in Eng
land, to preserve the charred remains for lighting ,
the next year's christmas fire.
Another singular custom prevailed which ai'ose in
England from the fact that the bakers there, when
they came to supply their customers on Christmas
morning, presented to the children Uttle dough-boys
fried as " dough-nuts." These dough children were
to commemmorate the anniversary of our Savior's
birth. In course of time the customers took the
hint and prepared these deUcate sweets for their
children themselves, and deposited them in the Uttle
stockings suspended in the chimney corner for the
friendly visits of St. Nicholas.
WHALING SQUADRON.
From various scattered records, it appears that
the number of whales that in a y^r drifted on the
coast, have been considerable. How soon the set
tlers procured boats and tackle for capturing them
on the ocean, is not known.
The following lists are given, copied from the
town records :

WHALIMi SQUADRON. 179
>• March 7, 1644. Yt is ordered by this present
Court that yfi" by the jirovidence of God there shall
bee hencefoorth within the bounds of this plantacon
any whale or whales Cast vp for the prevention of
Disorder yt is Consented vnto that there shall be
foure Wards in this Towne eleaven persons in each
ward. And by lott two of each ward (when any
such whale shall be east vp] shall be employd for
the Cutting out of the sayd whale who for their
paynes shall haue a Double share. And every Inhab-*
itant with his child or servant that is above sixteen
years of age shall haue in the Division of the other
part an equall proportion provided that such person
when yt falls into his ward a sufficient man to be
imployed aboute yt.
"And yt is further agreed upon that there shall be
in each ward eleven persons."
" FFOR TE FIRST WARD."
WiUiam Barnes, Geo. Wood, Thoraas Cooper,
Richard Stratton, Job Sayre, Thomas Burrnett,
John White, Williara Mulford, Thoraas Halsey,
Junr., Thomas Talmage, Senr. & Mr. Johnes.
" FFOR YE SECOND WARD."
Richard Jacques, Thomas Talmage, Junr., Mr.
Peirson, Robert Rose, Mr. Gosmer, Thomas Halsye- S'e^vy
•deuFj- Mr. Stanborough, Richard Barrett, Richard
Post, Thomas Tomson & Robart Talmage.
" FFOR YE THIRD WARD."
Richard Gosmer, Arthur Bostock, Henry Peirson,
John Hande, Thomas Hildreth, John Mulford, John

180

HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

Moore, Ellis Cooke, Robert Bonde, ffulk Davis <Xr
Mr. Howe. • FFOR YE FOURTfi WARD."
John Cooper, Senr., Wm. Hedges, John Cooper,
Junr., John Cory, Mr. Howell, Mr. OdeU, John
Howell, Richard Smith, & Thomas Sayre.
SQUADRONS POR CUTTING UP WHALES THAT MIGHT
DRIFT UP UPON THE SHORES. 165.',.

FicriKS. FIRST SQUADRON.

FllTtK

3 SECOND SQUADRON.

3

Mr. Richard Smith

4

Mr. HoweU [Ed

4

Mr. Rainor

ward, Sen]

3

Mr. Odell

2

Mr. Gosmer [John]

2

John Lum

2

Richard Post

1

John Jagger

2

Thomas Vale (?)

1

Jonas Bowre

1

Thomas Wood

2

Joseph Rainer

2

Samuel Dayton

3

Thomas Halsey

2

Robert Merbin

4

John Howell

3

Mr. Johnes

3

Jonas Wood

3

Thomas Cooper

1

Barth' I'mew Smith

3

Mr. Stansborougli

3

Christopher Foster

•2

Joshua Barnes

1

The Miller [Wm

John Bishop

Ludlam]

2

Thomas Hildreth

John Oldfields
Mr. Hampton [James]
THIRD SQUADRON.
FOURTH SQUADRON.
3
Capt. Topping
2
Thomas Goldsmith
[Thos.]
3
Thomas Halsey
3
Mr. Fordham
2
Edward HoweU Jr.
2
ElUs Cook
2
John Jessup
WHALING SQUADRONS.

181

FUTII

:s. THIRD SQUADRON.
CoTitimied.

FltTIKS.

FOURTH SQUADRON
Continued.

3

John AVhite

3

Richard Barrett

3 1
3

Henry Pierson
John Cooper Jr.
Mr. HoweU [Ed

334

Mr. Topping
Mr. Fordham
Mr. Field

ward Sen.]

2

Isaak Willman

4 3
3 3

Thomas Sayre
Mr. Gosmer [Jolm]
William Rogers
Thomas Burnett

3 1

John Cooper Sen.
Widdow Briggs.

1

Thomas Post.

"A LIST OF TE INHABITANTS TT ARE TO CUTT WHALES."
(This Ust shows the residences very clearly. It
occurs immediately after an entry dated 1657, but
the Ust is not dated.) ^/fii**y
Mr. Rainer ; Tho. Halsey, Jun'r ; Tho. 5r Sen'r ;
Mr. ffordham ; Joseph ffordham ; John Coop [er] :
Edw. HoweU ; Tho. Sayre ; Isack Halsey — 10.
Tho. Coop [er] ; Ben. Davis ; Sam.~ Johnes ; Jon j
Jagger; Wm. RusseU; ffran. Sayre ; Jon. Laugh
ton ; Dan. Sayre ; John Bpp (Bishop) Josh. Barnes
—10. Mr. Hampton ; Rob. Woolley, Jonas Bowi-e, Jon.
ffoster ; Jon. Woodruff ; Tho. Burnett ; Left. Post ;
Ob. Rogers, Hen. Pierson, En. PhiUips — 10.
John White ; EUis Cook ; Jaek WiUman ; ia.X^s.aJ^J
Herick ; Tho. Toping ; Capt. Toping ; Jon. Toping ;
Per. Stanboro, Tho. Goldsmith ; Jon. JeSsup — 10.
Edw. HoweU, Xto. Foster ; Ri. Howell ; Joseph
ffoster ; Ben. ffoster ; Jos. Rainer ; Hen. Ludlam ;
Joseph Ludlam ; An. Ludlam, Ar. Howell — 10.
24

182 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Sam. Clark ; Xto Lupton ; Mr. Scott ; Jon.
Rose ; R. Smith ; Ben. Haines ; Tho. Shaw ; G.
Harris ; John Davis ; Mr. Jennings — 10.
March 23d, 1667, the town was divided into six
s<lurdrons to cut up dead whales, as follows :
FIRST SQUADRON.
Mr. Rainer, Thomas Halsey, Jr., Thomas Halsey,
Sen., Joseph Rainer, Richard Howell, Capt. How
ell, [John] Christopher Foster, Joseph Foster, Ben
jamin Foster, Edward HoweU.
SECOND SQUADRON.
Mr. Fordham, Joseph Fordham, John Jessup,
Thomas Goldsmith, John Cooper, Thomas Top
ping, Capt. Topping, John Topping, Peregrine
Stanbrough, James Herrick.
THIRD SQUADRON.
Isaac WiUman, Edmund HoweU, EUis Cook, En
sign PhiUips, John White, Henry Peirson, Obadiah
Rogers, Lieut. Post, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Sayre.
FOURTH SQUADRON.
Isaac Halsey, Thomas Burnett, John Woodruff,
John Foster, Jonas Bowi-e, Samuel Johnes, Ben,
Davis, Henry Ludlam, Anthony Ludlam, Joseph
Ludlam. FIFTH SQUADRON.
John Jagger, Mr. Laughton, William Russell,
Robert Woolley, Mr. Hampton, Joshua Barnes,
John Bishop, Daniel Sayre, Francis Sayre, Arthur
Howell.

WHALING SQUADRONS. 183
SIXTH SQUADRON.
John Rose, Christopher Lupton, Richard Smith,
Geoi^ Harris, Mr. Scott, Samuel Clarke, Thomas
Shaw, Ben. Haines, Mr. Jennings, John Davis.
It wiU be noticed that these squadrons of 1667,
are formed of men in order of their residences. Be
ginning at the south-end of the town, the first squad
ron embraces all the men as far as the old house lot
next south of the residence of Barney Green. The
second squadron includes the men who lived thence
northward to the present residence of Mrs. Hannah
Post. The third includes the men who lived north
ward to Job's lane. The fourth thence northward
to Huntting's lane. The fifth embraced all who
dwelt north of this lane. The sixth embraced all
the North Sea men.
It was customary, later, to fit out expeditions of
several whale boats, and cruise along the coast in
the whaling season, and camp out during the night .
These expeditions did not usually consume more
than a week or two on any one voyage. Indians
were often employed by the whites on these expe
ditions, the latter furnishing boats and whaling
gear, and the former receiving a certain proportion
of the oil for their services.
The foUowing order is suggestive of the bountiful
provisions of nature, ere man had thinned her ex
uberant resources :
"Feb. 9th, 1645. Yt is ordered by the General
Court that yf by the providence of God, there shall
bee henceforth cast up within the limits of this
towne of Southampton any whale or whales, or any

184 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
part or piece of a whale, that noe man shall pre
sume to take or carry any part thereof, upon the
forfeiture of twentie shUlings and to stand to the
further censure of the Cort, without order from the
Magistrate or Magistrates. And whosoever shall
finde or espie eyther whale or whales or any part or
peece of a whale, cast up, upon notice given unto
the Magistrate or Magistrates, shall have for his
paynes allowed unto him five shUlings, but yf yt
shall be by the Magistrate or whom he shaU appoint,
adjudged not to be worth five shillings, then the
sayd parties which shall give information, shall
have yt for his paynes. And that from yeare to
yeare the Marshall give notice after any form or ac
cording to his discretion, unto two persons in whose
ward by turne yt shall belong or appertaine. And
yt is further ordered that yf any shall finde a whale
or any peece thereof upon the Lord's day then
the aforesaid shillings shall not be due or pay
able." (This last clause appears to be a very shrewd thrust at " moon
ing" on the beach on Sundays.)
BURYING GROUNDS.
These are numerous, and indicate a rapid colo
nizing of the inhabitants over the territory embraced
in the town. There are two in the viUage, one at
North Sea, one at Wickapogue, one at Watermill,
two at Mecox, two in Sagg, two in Bridge Hampton,
one at Scuttle Hole, and others west of the vUlage
of Southampton. Of these the oldest is that known
as the South end burying ground, in the village of

BURYING GROUNDS. 185
Southampton, the earliest record concerning which
is as follows :
"January 5th, 1665. The overseers have agreed
with James Herrick that hee shall have one acre of
land at the reare of his home lott in consideration
utjoi a footway for people upon his lott to the burying
'place where the towne have one acre for that use, &
James Herrick is to have the herbidge of it."
The earUest graves here have no stones to mark
them, unless they have fallen and been covered by
, the soil and overgrowing vegetation, — there is not a
monument, indeed, to mark the spot where a single
one of the first settlers was buried. The graves of
their chUdren, the men of the second generation,
however, are marked with tombstones still standing.
Three different varieties of stone were used — the
blue slatej so common in the old cemeteries of New
Ei^and, a red sandstone that quite well withstands
the ravages of time, and a grey sandstone, which,
on the contrary, very poorly preserves its original
inscriptions. Most of the graves have now become
level with the ground, and many of the monuments
covered with mosses. The inscriptions even of some
are fast becoining illegible, so that it seems a work
of charity to preserve here the remembrance of our
ancestors for future generations. The following are
copies of the inscriptions of aU the stones that are
visible in the older portion of the yard. Those
marked with a * have, in addition to the epi
taph, the famUy arms engraved upon thera. Some
are surmounted with the conventional cherub of the
old graveyards, and others by skull and cross-bones.

186 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
" Here lyes ye reverent Joseph Whiting who died
April 7 1723 in ye 82nd year of his age.
" Here lyes the body of Mrs Rebecca Whiting.
wife to Mr Joseph Whiting agod 63 years 2 months
deceased April 21st, 1726.
" * Here Lyeth the body of CoU Matthew HoweU.
and one of the House of Representatives for tbeir
Majesties province of New York. Deceased May
the 4th Anno 1706 ^tas-sua-55.
" Here lies the body of Mr Samuel Whiting who
died July ye 12th 1729 in ye 40th year of his
age. " Here lies the body of AbigaU Halsey aged 26
years who died the 10th of October 1696.
" Here lyes Buried ye body of Mrs Hannah Halsey,
wife to Capt Isaac Halsey who died Angst 29th
Anno Domini 1723 aged 62 years.
" In memoi-y of Capt Isaac Halsey who died May
ye 18th A. D 1757 in ye 97th year of his age.
" Here lyeth the body of Timothy Halsey who dyed
July the 12th 1723 about 20 year of his age.
" Here lyeth the body of Robert Patton which de
ceased on the 12th day of May 1700. * * »
" Here lyeth buried the body of Capt Thomas
Stephens aged about 51 years. Departed this life
November ye 26th 1701.
" Here lyes ye body of Sarah Malbey daughter of
Mr John and Mrs Susanna Malby who deed Sep
tember ye 8th 1723 in ye 19th year of her age.
"Here lies Inteired the body of Mr John Malby
who died June 27th 1706 aged 33 years.
" Here lyeth the body of Bethia Coper wife of Mr

BURYING GROUNDS. 187
')V6 * Coper who died January the 14th Anno
fm-l7 .Etas-sua-27.
" Here lies buried the body of Mrs Mehe table Her
rick who deed July 17th 1734 aged 60 years.
" ¦* Here Ues ye body of Mr William Herrick
Esqr who departed this life August the 19th Anno
1708 ^tas-sua-54.
" Here lyes ye body of Susannah Howell aged 83
years. Died March ye 24th 1711.
" * 1696 here lies the body of Major John Howell
deceased November aged 71.
" Here lies intened ye body of ye reverend Mr
John TaUor who died August ye 10 1701 aged 23
years. " "* 1692 Mr John Howell aged 44 years and dyed
in March the Sth.
" In memory of Lieut. Hezekiah Howell died Dec.
ye 4th 1744 in the 68th year of his age.
" Daniel Foster deed Nov ye 5th 1744 aged 68
years. PhU. 1st : 21st.
" Interred here lyes the blessed Remains
Of one who did with Freedom die.
To be relieved from all his pains,
' And dwell with God Eternally.
" Here Lyes buried ye body of Mrs Phebe Howell
wife of Lieut. Hezekiah Howell who died July 16th
Anno Domini 1732 aged 62 years.
" Here was layed the body of Mr Thomas Sayre
who dyed December the 10th Anno 1715, in the
49th year of his age.
" Here lyes ye body of Reverend Joseph Taylor
aged 31 who deceased AprU 4th 1682.

188 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
"Here lyeth buried ye body of Abigill Howell ye
wife of Abraham Howell aged 27 years, deceased ye
19th of June 1688.
" Here lyeth ye body of William Ludlam son of
Anthony Ludlam who died Aprill 27 1716 in ye
13th year of his age.
" Here lies buried the body of Mr Obadiah Rogers
-who deed May ye 8th 1729 aged 74 years.
" In memory of Capt Obadiah Rogers who died
Oct 31st 1783 in the 84th year of his age.
"In memory of Mrs Abigail wife of Capt Obadiah
Rogers who died May 6th 1782 in the 80th year of
her age. " Beneath this stone Death's prisoner lies,
The stone shall move, the prisoner rise
When Jesus with Alm'ghty word
Calls his dead saint to meet * his Lord.
" Here lyeth the body of Capt John Cooper who
dyed Deceraber the 14th Anno 1715 in the 30th
year of his age.
"In memory of John Howell Esq died December
23 1747 in ye 73rd year of his age.
" Here * * * of Ann Howell wife to * * *
Howell * "¦••¦ * 44 year of her age. deceased
May ye 17 1714."
To these we may add the inscriptions on a few
stones found in the lot of Mr. Hedges Sandford, of
Watermill. " Here lyes buried the Body of Mr David.Halsey.
Died ffeb. ye 18 1731 in ye 69th yeare of his age.
" Here lyes the Body of Mrs Temperrence Cook
wife to Mr. Ellis Cook who deced Dec. 9 1723 in ye
19th year of her age. ?Sic.

BURYING GROUNDS. 189
'• Here lyes ye Body of Mrs Teiuperence Ludlam
wife to Mr Jereraiah Ludlan who deced April ye 21st
1726 in ye 29th year of her age."
The two following are given with no other apology
than their beauty — the one expressing a noble tri
bute to the virtue* oi' a wife and mother, the othtr
a pious wish which has corae down to us from a still
greater antiquity. The first is taken from the North-
end burying ground of Southampton, the second
was found in the catacombs of Rome.
" In memory of Amy wife of Zebulun Howell Esq
who died Dec 15 1752 in the 59th year of her age.
" She was a faithful wife and good mother."
The pious wish engraved on the Roman Christians
monument is, " Qui legerit, vivat in Christo."
THE COBB OR WICKAPOGUE BURYING GROUND.
The only record of this is as follows :
" 1686 April 1st At a town meeting, it was granted
to the inhabitants of Cobb to have 6 poles square
of land for a burying ground."
This cemetery lies about equally distant from
Cobb and Wickapogue. It is, Uke all the others in
the viUage, enclosed, and contains some old monu
ments. MECOX BURYING GROUND.
This contains a few stones of the men of the
second generation and in antiquity ranks next to the
old one in Southampton village. Many of the stones
are doubtless overthrown and covered with soil and
vegetation. Among the oldest monuments yet
standing, are the foUo-wing ;
25

190 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
" Here Lyeth the Body of Anthony Ludlam who
dyed March the 17th Anno 1681 in the 31st year of
his age. L
" Here lies the body of ^amuel HoweU who died
September the 22 (?) 1712 aged 35 years.
" Here Lyeth the Body of Ellis Cook who departed
this life November the 10th Anno 1706 aetatis 44."
SAGG BURYING GROUND.
The cemetery in Sagg Street, south, is quite an
cient, and is kept with commendable care. Among
the oldest stones are the following :
" Here lyes buried the body of TheophUus How
ell Esq aged 77 years. Deced March ye 12th 1732.
" In memory of Mrs Martha the wife of Mr. Lem
uel Peirson who died Augst the 26th 1753 in the
72th year of her age. " My sun is set,
My Glass is run,
My Candle's out,
My work is done."
NORTH END BURYING GROUND.
This lot now used for a cemetery was originally
laid out as a homestead. Its first owner was Wil
liam Russell who sold the same to Obadiah Sale,
and he moving to Boston, sold it to Caleb Heath
cote. Dec. 13, 1712, Caleb Heathcote sells his
home lot and house, (4 acres,) between Jeremiah Jag
ger on the south, and John Laughton on the North,
for £20 to the trustees of the town. The deed
of sale states that part of this land Northward and
Eastward, shall be common to the town for a high-

MISCELLANEOUS. 191
way to North Sea. This is where the road now
runs. The first interment in this ground, however, was
not tiU 1721, as appeai-s from an old stone on the
south side with the following inscription :
"HEARE LYES | ye BoDY OF loSEPH |
PoST DESEASED | 10 NoVEMBER | AGED
ABoVT I 72 1721."
Upon the foot stone of this grave is the follow
mg :
"PoST loSEPH I THE FIRST | ENTAKED
IN THIS I PLAS." MISCELLANEOUS.
Wolves. — 1651. It appears from various records,
that wolves must have been sufficiently numerous in
the early times to cause considerable annoyance.
The following records show what means were em
ployed to abate the nuisance :
" March 3rd, 1651. It is ordered by the Generall
Court that in consideration of Robert Merwin his
care and paynes about kiUing of Wolves by setting
of guns and watching or otherwise hee shall have 30
shiUing per Wolfe for every one it appeares hee
fciUeth, provided that if any beast be killed in pro-
babUity by the Wolves and hee the said Robert have
notice thereof, that he repaire uuto the place where
the beast is slaine whether at Mecoxe Sagabonach
or elsewhere -within such a compass, and use his
best endeavors to kUl the said destroyer, also if it
happens at any time he the said Robert bee warned
to any court or meeting during the time hee is upon

192 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
the foresaid design that hee shall be discharged and
acquitted from such said raeeting, hee is not to sett
his gun within half a raile of the towne, and if his
gun kill any beast he shall do his best to find it,
and the whole towne to bear the loss.
" 1652. Oct. 6tb, 1652. It is ordered that who
soever makes it appeare hee killeth a wolfe within
the bounds of this towne shall have paid unto him
by the towne the some of twenty shillings, and hee
that likewise shall kill a wolfe at Quaquanantuck
shall have 10 shillings in like manner."
These extracts, and others as below, however lu
dicrous they may appear in subject-matter or minute
detail, show at least, an admirable equipoise of jus
tice. See this :
" May 5th, 1650. Att the same towne meeting
there was a stray hogg supposed to be Mr, Smith's
and by the towne was sould at an outcry for 17s 7d
and this to goe as farr as it will go, for the payment
of the damage done by that hogg to the Indians,
" Again, May 23, 1659. It is ordered that if any
man's lott in this towne bee in the Judgment of men
sufficiently fenced, and little piggs be permitted by
the owner (notwithstanding warning) to corae with
in such lottment, then vpon the oath of the tres
passed before one of the Magistrates the owner of
such piggs shall pay 6d per pigg for every time any
such pigg doe trespass as aforesaid.
" 1647. May 3rd. Yt is ordered by the firemen
appointed for the ffences of this present year that
cows and goats shall not be left together neither by
cow-keepers nor any of them, upon the penalty of

MISCELLANEOUS. 193
halve pence for every such default, also that yf the
goat-keepers shall wiUfuUy mingle their goats, they
shall be lyable to the sarae penalty.
" 1652. It if concluded by the major part of the
towne that the calfe heard shaU be left for this en
suing yeare at Sagabonach where they were left the
yeare past.
" May 3, 1647. It is ordered that Thomas Hal
sey shaU have his aforementioned 3 acres of his
forty right laid out 16 poles in breadth, and whereas
there is a highway eight poles wide between the said
lot and the pond neere adjoining, the towne do give
way to the said Thomas Halsey, to inclose to the
pond the breadth of sixteen poles, but if hereafter
the said inclosure of that part of the highway be
comes prejudicial to the towne in the eyes of the
major part thereof the said parte of the highway so
inclosed shaU return to its former, nature."
This is not the only intimation on record of a road
to the beach from Horsemill lane, lying between the
eastern shore of the town pond and the foot of the
home lots. It was probably closed soon after this
time (1647) since no later mention is raade of it.
RECEPTION OF GOV. LOVELACE.
"Southampton, Sept. 23, 1668. Whereas wee
the subscribers the Inhabitants of the sd Southamp
ton do understand that our honrbl Governr GenrU
Lovelace is to come down into this Country amongst
vs this Spring wee doe at this Towne meeting
apoynt ffirstly that his honr be reed and entertained
with the greatest respect whereof we are possibly

194 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
capable and soe conducted to the place appoynted
for his residence comfort and most conveniency.
Nextly whereas our sd Towne of Southampton have
by right of equity and of law also raany privUidges
which many plantations on this Island hath not, as
not only Indian Interest of or plantation but alsoe
pattent right therein, and whereas It seeraes to vs
as if wee were like to be deprived of those our
privilidges which at great rate we have procured and
with rauch difficulty and danger wee have so many
years possessed, and alsoe wee heareing by or Neigh
bours of the great goodnes Clemency and righteous
proceeding of him our sd Governr wee do constitute
& appoynt our aproved and weU beloved friends Mr
Robert Fordham Capt John HoweU, Joshua Barnes
& Jlr Henry Pierson to represent unto his honr the
true & reall state of vs our plantation and of all our
Concernes hopeing his honr will accept ye psons of
our sd deputies and theire argument reasons on our
behalf, and grant our reasonable petitions by them
to bee presented and demonstrated ; soe shall we all
be ingaged ever to remaine his hours faithfuU friends
& servants.
' " Edward Howell, John Topping, Thomas Hal
sey, Richard Barrett, Richard HoweU, Samuel
Johnes, Edmund Howell, Robert Wolley, ffrancis
Sayer, John Jennings, Christp (his X mark) Lup
ton, Isack WiUman, WiUiam RusseU, Thomas
Burnett, Obadiah Rogers, John Foster, Joseph Ford
ham, Thomas Sayer, Jonas Bower, John Jessupp,
Thomas Gouldsmith, John Woodruffe, John Bishop,
James Herreck, John Cooper, Benjamin Hayens,

MISCELLANEOUS. 195
Thomas Shaw, John Davis, G. Harris, Zorobabell
Phillips." A CASE OF SHARP PR.4CTICE.
John Kelly, carpenter, was examined in court for
an attempt at bigamy, and for having spoken falsely
in declaring his wife was dead. He excused himself
by saying she was dead in trespasses and sins. He
had come here from Barbadoes leaving a wife behind
him. THE CHRISTMAS STORM OF 1811, AND OTHER EVENTS.
This winter was memorable for the severest stoi-m
within the memory of the present generation. It
came on during the night of christraas. The even
ing before had been warm and hazy, so mild, indeed,
that sheep and cattle were left out in the lots.
About ten o'clock in the evening it began to rain,
and about two o'clock the next morning it became
intensely cold, and snow fell abundantly and con
tinually with a high wind, until banks were formed
six and ten feet deep. All the next day the weather
was too severe even in the blinding snow and cold
to rescue the sheep, many of which were smothered
and perished.
Another severe storm is spoken of in tradition,
caUed Bower's snow storm, from the circumstance
that at the time of its occurrence there was a wed-
ing at the house of Jonas Bower on the hiU, in the
house now owned by Mr. Shurder. It began to snow
during the festivities, and so severe was the storm
that many of the guests remained over night, but
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196 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
second story windows, so deep drifted was the snow
about the house.
In 1815, occurred the greatest September gale
-vvithin the memory of man in Southampton. Many
trees were overthrown by its violence, and one house
unroofed, while the roofs of two others were kept
from raeeting the same fate by lashing timbers
across them to the beams within. The two houses
thus saved were those now the residences of Mrs.
Wm. T. Jones and Mr. Isaac P. Foster.
Money Vessel. — In September, 1816, a Spanish
vessel came ashore a little to the westward of the
village. She had been abandoned by her crew, a
part or all of whom came ashore in her boats some
place west of Southampton. She was much dam
aged, and was wrecked, i. e., taken to pieces slowly
by the inhabitants. In the month of December
following, her siding began to be broken off by the
waves, and a streara of Spanish dollars poured out
into the sand. For a time raining in this novel re
gion was as lively and as profitable as the later ope
rations in California. The vessel was supposed to
have been a pirate and that the specie taken from
plundered vessels had been hidden (unknown to the
crew) in the ceiling by the captain, who had been
raade way with in a mutiny. Now and then a
" sand dollar" is still picked up in the vicinity.
PARMENAS HOWELL, PAINTER.
He was one of nine children of Capt. Ezekiel
Howell, and was born March 24, 1784. Having
shown considerable talent in drawing while yet a

MISCELL.\NE01TS. 197
youth, he was sent to New York to n^ceive the ad
vantages of instruction in the studio. Here he re
mained some time profitably employed in the study
of his arts, his proficiency exciting hopes of a bril
liant career. Returning to Southampton, however,
at an early age, he fell a victim to consumption — a
disease which swept off the whole family of cbildreii
as they successively reached maturity.
DANIEL HALSEY.
Mr. Daniel Halsey was born on the old homestead
of his fathers in Wickapogue, AprU 1, 1796. He
received a good school education, and pursued the
study of the Latin and Greek languages under his
pastor. Rev. David Bogart, in which he made very
respectable attainments. He was much employed
as a teacher, and with success and acceptance to
scholar and parent. That some of the old poetic
fire dwelt in him, the following spirited lyric will
testify, written for the occasion of celebrating our
country's birthday, July 4, 1831 :,
When the Goddess of liberty found not a place
Where the sole of her foot in the old world could rest,
She directed the daring Columbus to trace
A path to the New World unknown in the West ;
In the wilds which she chose
An Empire arose,
As by magic, of freemen redeemed from their foes,
Redeemed from the hand of oppression and -wrong,
To the rights which by nature to all men belong.
Here freedom and science and virtue expand,
And plenty and peace are their constant attendants,
Whilst the Genius of Liberty smiles on the land
Of her choice with a glorious and godlike resplendence.
26

198 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
It was here she designed
The oppressed of mankind,
And the exile a home and a refuge should find ;
With laws mild and equal her subjects are blest,
And under her banner the lowly find rest.
Let the wanderer then to her standard repair,
We have room, ample room, to extend our dominion,
And be free as the songsters that tenant the air,
" The masters of action, of word and opinion.
Let us ever rejoice
In the land of our choice,
And our rulers elect by the popular voice,
That the servants who serve us may act in the fear
Of the Judge before whom they will shortly appear.
Ye sons of Columbia, come hail the glad day,
The festival day of our land's Independence,
Our fathers determined to spurn lawless sway,
And purchase fair freedom for us their descendants.
By the favor of heaven
The bles.siug was given
To endure till the globe shall in sunder be riven :
For freedom is man's indisputable right,
Of man in his weakness or man in his might.
Then ye sons of America forever revere
The names of your Country's most gaUant defendants,
Their blood was the price of a purchase most dear,
For millions this day of their happy descendants,
Who swear to maintain
Their noble domain,
Unpolluted by tyrants while time shall remain ;
Nor will tarnish the glory their ancestors won,
While the words in their orbits revolve round the sun.
Though the despots of Europe still rivet the chains,
, On the necks of their vassals and crush them to dust,
ShaU not heaven forbid that America's plains
With the foot of a tyrant should e'er be accursed '
Be her freedom the same
Till the angel proclaim,
Time ends, and the world is enveloped in flames,
And the empires of earth in one ruin are hurled
At the great and the last winding up of the world.

/

MISCELLANEOUS. 199
Here is a fragment which, in its easy flowing
style, reminds one of Pope.
Hear when the widow and the orphan cry.
And with a liberal hand the poor supply ;
Nor with an envious eye the rich behold,
None are the better for their sums of gold.
A virtuous mind should be our only test,
He is the worthiest man who is the best.
Wealth can no real happiness bestow.
How tew in higher life contentment know ;
Then to the will of heaven be thou resigned.
Enjoy thy fortune and contentment find.
When once requested to write an appropriate de
vice for his sign, by a tavern-keeper, Mr. Halsey
sent him the foUowing grim effusion :
Rum, whisky, brandy, cordial, porter, beer,
Ale, applejack and gin are dealt out here,
Dilated, raw or mixt in any measure,
To all consumers : come and act your pleasure,
The above specifics will, in time, God knows.
Put to a period all your earthly woes,
Or would yoD bring life to a splendid close
Take doable swigs, repeating dose on dose ;
A panacea this for every oil,
'Twill nse you up, 'twas never known to fail, —
Use up your property, ere scarce you know it,
Use up your character or sadly blow it, ^
Use up yonr health, and strength and min^epose.
And leave mayhap your carcass to the crows.

CHAPTER XI.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
(The following abbreviations are used : " b " bom, " d " died, and sometimes
daughter, "s" son, "m" married, *'w"wife, " ch " children.)
These records are gathered chiefly from the Town
Records, and given as a supplement to the genealo
gies.
Ruth d of Richard Howell was bJune 23 1669.
Elizabetli d of Richard Smith was b Jan 1 1670.
George Harris had d  b Apr 6 1670.
WiUiam Russell had s OUver b May 7 1670.
Samuel s of Samuel Whitehead b Feb 29 1684.
John Earle had s Da^dd b Jan 11 1685.
Samuel Whitehead had d Mary b Feb 14 1686.
Benoni Flint had ch. Benjamin b Feb 2 1679,
Jobn b Sept 10 1680, Sarah b July 14 1683, and
Mary b Aug 21 1685.
Nathaniel Rusco had ch. Johana b Jan 20 1684,
Mary b Sept 2 1685, Nathaniel b Sept 6 1686, and
Ebenezer b Oct 10 1688.
John CampbeU had d Sarah b Dec 11 1687.
John Bishop had ch. Mary b May 31 1682, Abi
gaU b July 8 1683, Bethia b Feb 27 1684-5— Ex
perience b Nov 30 1686, Mary b June 29 1688, and
Eunice b June 17 1690.
Walter Melvine had cb. John b Jan 3 1685, Han
nah b March 18 1688, and Martha b July 1 1691.

MARRIAGK.S. 201
Samuel Butler had ch. Martha b Jan 18 1687,
Sarah b Apr 4 1690, Amy b Sept 15 1692, Mary
b April 5 1694, Nathaniel b AprU 4 1698, James b
May 18 1700, and Gideon b Dec 11 1701.
John Cook had d Mehetabel b Feb 8 1713.
Thomas Reed had ch. Sarah b Aug 1 1706,
Ashur b Sept 18 1711, Thomas b Apr 23, 1714,
John b Apr 25 1717, Sybil b Jan 24 1720, Amy b
Feb 8 1723 and David b Aug 10 1725.
Humphrey Hughes bad s Humphrey b Oct 2 1669.
Ezekiel Sandford had ch. Ezekiel b Apr 9 1681
and Thomas b Aug 9 1684.
Samuel Bigelow had w Mehetabel, and ch. Abi
gail b Feb 10 1722-3, Timothy b Sept 19 1724,
Mary b Sept 18 1726, Isaac b June 15 1730 and
Samuel b Jan 12 1733-4. MARRIAGES.
Daniel Foster m Lydia Wood, May 23, 1710.
Jeremiah Culver m 2d w Damaris d of Joseph
Foster deced Dec 9 1714.
David Haines ra Abigail daughter of Christopher
Foster Apr 25 1717.
Samuel Jones Jr m Hannah d of Christo. Foster
Oct 20 1715.
Thomas Reed m Sarah d of Isaac Cory May 30,
1704. John Jessup was married June 16 1669.
: Thomas James " " Sept 2 1669.
John Wheeler " " Dec 9 1669.
John Post " " Nov 3 1670.
Job Sayre m Sarah  Oct 27 1670.

202 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Richard Woodhull of Brookhaven m Temperance
Topping Nov 20 1684.
Thomas Baker of E Hampton m Ann Topping
April 29, 1686.
John Laughton m Sarah Conkling of Southold
July 28 1680.
Benoni Flint m Mary Browne d of William B
June 10 1675.
Lot Burnett m Phebe MiUs Oct 20 1675.
John Howell Jr m Martha White June 12
1673. Samuel Whitehead m Mary Cooper Sept 12
1682. Josiah Halsey m Sarah Topping Sept 12 1678.
John Earle m Sarah Raynor Nov 1678.
Obadiah Rogers Jr m Sarah HoweU Dec 20
1683. Thomas Jessup m Mary WUliams Nov 23
1683. Jonas Bower ra Ruth HoweU Apr 12 1686.
Joseph Hildreth m Hannah Jessup Sept 11
1678. Job Sayre m 2nd w Wid Hannah HoweU, June
18 1685.John Lai-rison m Jemima Halsey May 22 1683,
also he m 2nd w Wid Mary HoweU Dec 20 1686.
Joseph MarshaU m Elizabeth Howell March 18
1674. John CampbeU m Sarah Hakelton d of Obadiah
Rogers March 9 1687.
Samuel Whitehead m Joanah Beebe Oct 24
1689.

DEATHS. 203
Isaac Halsey m AbigaU Howell Nov 28 1689.
Joseph Fordham manied Mary Malbv Dec 5
S89. John Howell Jr m Wid Mary Taylor Jan 30,
690. Rev Jabez Wakeman of East Jers(.y m Euniee
of Matthew Howell Sept 29 1702. He died and
le m Joseph TalwH* of Hartford Ct June 26 ^^-i"
706. DEATHS.
John Shepherd d March 24 1683.
David HoweU d May 2 1684.
Sarah w Job Sape d Oct 29 1684.
Sarah w Edmund HoweU d Apr 10 1685.
Samuel Mill d April 1 1685.
Sarah w Obadiah Rogers d Oct 11 1685.
WUUam Hakelton d Sept 6 1685.
Mary w Samuel Whitehead d Apr 20 1687.
Martha w John HoweU d June 7 1688.
Mary w Thomas Topping d June 9 1688.
Sarah w Edmund Howell d Aug 29 1688.
Mary w Isaac WiUman d Sept 3 1688.
Martha w Jonah Fordham d Oct 4 1688.
Amy w Joseph Pierson d Oct 3 1692.
Sarah w Samuel Johnes d Oct 3 1692.
Hannah w Christopher Foster d Feb. 7 1697.
Mary w Jeremiah Culver, d Feb 23 1707.
Joseph Foster d Jan 30 1708.
Mary w Israel HoweU d March 26 1716.
Jeremiah Foster d May 25 1732 ae 24.
Robert Patton d May 12 1700.
Benoni Newton d March 4 1706 ae 53.

204 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Robert Norris d July 23 1729.
Manassah Kerapton d Nov. 28 1737 ae 86.
Caleb Dayton d Oct 4 1688.
Richard Wood d May 16 1734 ae 57.
Joana w Benoni Newton d May 1710 ae 56.
Isaac Bower d Jan 20 1746 ae 78.

CHAPTER XIL
FAMILY RECORDS.
(The same abbreTiatlons used in this as in the preceding chapter. The
figures prefixed to the names, serve only to identify them whttrever found, in
very many instances it has been found impossible to obtain the names of all
the children of a man who, in a deed of gift, [perhaps the only information on
record concerning his family,] merely mentions the name of the grantee.)
At this distance of time it cannot be hoped to
construct complete family records from the frag
mentary and indirect facts preserved in the records
of the town ; and yet rauch has been accomplished
from this source. In some instances the author has
received valuable assistance in his labors from mem
bers of famUies now living. Nearly all such per
sons consulted Could contribute their family record
for two or three generations back, but earlier than
that but few could give any reliable information.
The old family records, if any were kept, have
mostly perished in the lapse of ages, and it became
necessary to collate and compare indi-vidual facts and
statements without number, spread over hundreds
of pages of manuscript, before what has been given
could be ascertained with certainty.
It has frequently happened that while the rela
tionship of father and son is clearly establishedfrom
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206 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
records, yet the date of birth can no where be found.
In some cases the date of birth can only be deter
mined proximately from tombstone inscriptions.
BARNES FAMILY.
The name of Williara Barnes first occurs in the
list of 1644 and afterwards disappears altogether.
It is probable he removed to, and was one of the
first settlers of East Hampton. (It may be said
here in parenthesis, the fact has been generally over
looked, but it is, nevertheless, the fact, that aU of
the nine first settlers of East Hampton, as given by
Hon. Henry P. Hedges in his Address, were pre
viously among the inhabitants of Southampton, as
well as nine more in the list of their associates.)
Joshua Barnes, whose name is found in the list of
1653 and onwards, was probably a son of WiUiam.
Joshua had w Prudence and s Samuel who m Pa
tience Williams Nov 9 1676 and had ch. Patience
b Aug 31 1677 Temperance b Jan 16 1679
Joshua b April 8 1683. None of this name now
reside in the village. BISHOP FAMILY.
1 Richard Bishop of Salem Mass (freeman May
18 1642 resident there in 1635 d Dec 30 1674)
had sons, 2 Thomas, 3 John, and 4 Nathaniel. 3
John came to Southampton, and is first mentioned
on record in 1652, when he has a house lot and land
granted hira by the town, next north of the home
lot of Joshua Barnes. 4 Nathaniel was probably
one of the first settlers of East Hampton. 3 John
had ch. 5 Richard b Oct 17 1669 6 John b —

FAMILY RECORDS. 207
— 7 Samuel b  and 8 Josiah  . 6 John
m. Lydia, and had ch. 9 John and 10 Samuel. 10
Samuel had ch. 11 Abigail, 12 Phebe, 13 Mehetabel,
14 Susana, 15 Daniel, 16 James, 17 John, 18 Sam
uel, "^li John, who had w Jerusha, and ch. 20 Mary
w Nathan White, 21 Sophia w Stephen Burnett,
22 Nancy w Benjamin Howell, 23 John, 24 Sarah
w Aje Halsey, and 25 Maria w Peter Fournier.
23 John ra Miranda d David White, and had ch.
26 Elmira, 27 Matilda, 28 Janette, 29 Augusta, and
30 Agnes, 18 Samuel d 1734, had w Elizabeth,
and ch. 31 Samuel, and 32 Jeremiah. 31 Samuel
had w Mary and ch. 33 Francis, 34 James, 35
Charles, and 36 Jetur. 33 Francis has ch. 37
Charles, and 38 Emma. 35 Charles has w Jane d
of Wm. French and ch. 39 Edward, 40 WUUam,
41 Henry, 42 Nettie. 34 Jaraes has ch. James and
Benjamin. 8 Josiah had w Elizabeth and ch. Mary
b Nov 1 1709, Elizabeth b Sept 20 1715, and
WiUiam b Dec 8 1718. From 8 Josiah have
probably descended the Bishops in the westem part
of the town. BOWDEN FAMILY.
In 1817 George Bowden came here from Eng
land, after a tempestuous voyage of one hundred
and ten days duration. He married first Hannah
Jagger, by whom he had two children, Edward and
Lewis, the former of whom removed to Brooklyn,
Lewis m Helen Davidson of Ann Arbor, Mich,
and has ch, Harriet and Livingston, Mr, George
Bowden m 2nd w wid Hannah TuthiU,

208 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
BURNETT FAMILY.
Thomas Burnett, the first of this name, came to
Southampton quite early. Oct. 13 1643, the town
grant him a home lot provided he sta^ three years.
Mr. John R. Burnett, of South Orange, N. J., has
furnished the record of the branches of this family
who removed to N. Jersey.
1 Thomas d about 1684 had 1st wife Mary and
2nd w Mary Pierson whom he married in Lynn in
1663 ; had ch. 2 John, 3 Aaron, b 1655 d 1755,
4 Lot, 5 Joel, 6 Dan, 7 Mordecai, and 8 Matthias, of
East Hampton, b 1674 d 1745.
3 Aaron had ch. 9 Aaron and 10 Moses. 9 Aaron
had w Sarah and ch. 11 James (the father
of Rev Alatthias D. D. of Jamaica L. I.) and 12
Matthias, 13 William, the father of Rev. Eliezer of
Newburg, N. Y.) and 14 Aaron. 10 Moses d 1741,
had ch. 15 Justus, 16 WUliam, 17 John, and 18
Samuel. 4 Lot had ch. 19 Joseph, 20 David b 1681 d
1748, 21 Nathan, 22 Jonathan, 23 Ephraim * b June
81693, 24 Samuel b May 3 1695 and 25 Isaac. 20 Da-
vidf had ch. 26 Stephen b 1708 d 1734. 27 Joseph d
1770,and28 Davidb 1711 d 1735. 27 Joseph had ch. 29
David b 1741 d 1807, and 30 Joseph. 29 David
had w Sarah and ch. 31 David b 1786 d 1846,
and 32 Matthias b 1782 d 1843. 31 David had w
• Unless Ephraim was the son of Capt. Matthias of E. Hampton.
1 1 flnd just as this is going to press, that David, s. of Let, had
only two children, both daughters, Sarah and Fuah. Joseph the
oldest son of Lot was therefore probably the father of Stephen, b
1708, Joseph d 1770, and David b 1711, died 1735.

FAMILY RECORDS. 209
Sybil and ch. 33 David, 34 John F., 35 George, and
36 Maria w Lewis Sandford.
83 David has 2nd w Sophronia and ch. Levi and
David. 34 John F. has w Eliza d of David Jag
ger, and ch. William H., Sarah J., Mary and
Ella J.
32 Matthias had w Mary and ch. 37 Stephen,
who has ch. Luther James, Mary A., Nelson, and
Eowena. 24 Samuel had s 38 Samuel, who had son 39
Samuel b 1753 d 1819, who had son 40 Samuel,
who had ch. 41 Samuel H. (father of Samuel) and
42 John R. of Orange N. J.
6 Dan had ch. 43 Daniel (who had son Daniel
who moved to N. Jersey) and 44 Dr. Ichabod b 1773.
44 Dr. Ichabod had son or more probably gr son.
Dr. WilUam b 1763 who had ch, Jacob of Cincin
nati U, S. Senator Judge etc., and David the first
president of Texas.
8 Captain Matthias had w Elizabeth and son
Stephen b 1708 d 1734.
9 Aaron removed to neighborhood of Morristown
N. J. 7 Mordecai removed to Elizabeth N.J. 10
Moses removed to Brookhaven L. I. William M. D.
8 or gr son of Ichabod M. D. was a surgeon in the
Continental Army of the Revolution and d in 1793.
BUTLER FAMILY.
The name of Samuel Butler first appears on the
Ust of 1698. He was a merchant and lived on the
present residence of Mr. Josiah Foster. In 1704 he
wUls to w Sarah and ch. Martha, Sarah, Aray,

210 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Mary, Nathaniel and James. In 1753 James But
ler of Branford Ct. is mentioned in the Southampton
records as the son of Nathaniel then deceased. The
name has been extinct in the town for many years.
See Chapter XI, CLARK FAMILY.
This family has long been extinct in Southamp
ton. The name of Samuel Clark appears first on
the list of 1657 as an inhabitant of North Sea. It
is not known what relationship existed between the
two Samuels, on the rate list of 1683 they appear
to have been of the same generation and perhaps
cousins. 1 Samuel of North Sea m Susanah, d in 1684 had
sons 2 Samuel and 3 Edmond. 2 Samuel of Old
Town m Hester White July 11 1678 and had ch. 4
James b Apr 19 1679, 5 Phebe b Aug 17 1681, 6
Jereraiah b Feb 18 1685, 7 Charies and 8 WiUiam.
3 Edmond had w Mary. The Samuel who in 1698
lived in North Sea and may have been cousin to 2
Samuel above, had w Sarah and ch. 9 Samuel, 10
Elisha, 11 Eliphalet, 12 Mary, 13 Esther and 14
Sarah. 9 Samuel had sons Job and Elisha. 11
Eliphalet had ch. Eliphalet and Elisha.
COOK FAMILY.
1 Ellis Cook was one of the early settlers, his
name appearing in the list of 1644. In 1663 he
makes his will having w Martha and ch. 2 John, 3
EUis, 4 Martha, 5 Elizabeth and 6 Mary. His
youngest son 7 Abial or Abiel was born soon after
his death.

FAMILY RECORDS. 211
2 John b about 1656 d 1719 w Eliza had ch. 8
John. 9 Obadiah b 1687, 10 Jonathan b 1700, 11
Martha w of Fordam and 12 Elias. 8 John had s
13 Deac John b 1722 d 1804. 13 Deac John had w
Mary and s 14 John who had ch. 15 John b 1784 d
1856 and 16 Henry. 15 John had w Betsey and
ch. 17 John L., 18 Sarauel and 19 WiUiam. 17
John L. has son John. 16 Heni-y had s William.
12 Elias had ch. 20 David b 1720 d 1812, 21
Nathan and probably 22 EUas. 20 David had ch.
23 Samuel, 24 David, (who removed) 25 Jonathan,
(who removed) 26 Theophilus and 27 Topping.
23 Samuel had ch 28 Sullivan, 29 Jeremiah H.
30 Samuel, (who had s Lawrence) 31 Baldwin, 32
Linsley (who had ch, William and Nehemiah) 33
Edward, 34 EUzabeth, and 35 Albert (who has ch,
Theodore, Edward, Adelaide and Phebei.) 28 Sul-
Uvan has ch. 36 Richard, 37 Rogers, and 38 Eliza
beth w Henry M. Rose. 36 Richard has ch. Alioe,
Kate, Eraily and William. 37 Rogers has d
Mary. 26 Theophilus had ch. 39 Silas, (who had ch.
Nathan, Lodowick and Hubbard) 40 Charles, 41
David, (who- had ch. Thomas and Harriet E. w Chas.
Osborn of E. Hampton), 42 Nathan b 1768, 43 Al
fred, 44 Hedges and 45 Hubbard.
27 Topping had ch. 46 Alanson, (who had s Ad
dison) 47 William, 48 Howell (who had ch. Henry
and Williams) and 49 Lyman.
22 Elias had s 50 Elias who had sons 51 Stephen,
52 Henry and 53 Elias. 51 Stephen had sons 54
Hervey (who had sons Baldwin, Elmer and Henry)

212 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
and 55 Baldwin. 53 Elias had sons Henry, Jere
miah and Sylvanus.
10 Jonathan b 1700 d 1754 had ch. 56 Daniel
and 57 Jonathan. 57 Jonathan had ch. 58 Daniel
b 1761, 59 David b 1763, 60 Esther b 1765, 61 Ne
hemiah B b 1764, 62 Isaac, 63 Hannah, 64 Phebe
b 1778 w James Foster, 65 Jonathan b 1779, 66
Richard b 1781, 67 Mary w Mr Bliss of Mich. 68
David b 1787 and EUza b 1789.
56 Daniel had ch. 69 Ebenezer, 70"Eev. Nehemiah,
71 Luther (of Beaverdam who has ch. Hannah,
John, Sarah and Daniel B.) 72 Melinda and 73 Jane.
65 Jonathan had w Miriam d of Wm. Halsey and
ch. Edwin, Emmeline, Mary, (who m Henry Tabor
of Brooklyn) William, Grover, Ezra and Francis
who has ch. Henry F., William and Lilys.
66 Richard had ch. 74 Jane w of Mr. Jordan of
Mich. 75 Eliza w of H. Jenning (who had d Nora)
and 76 John of Brooklyn. 62 Isaac had ch. Floyd
and Hudson. 68 David had ch WiUiam, Anne,
Margaret and Harriet w of C. Miller of N. Y.
7 Abial b 1663 had ch. 77 Abial and 78 Josiah,
77 Abial d 1740 had ch. Phebe, Susana, EUis, Mat
thew, Abial, Zebulim, Samuel, Elemuel, AbigaU
and Anna.
EUis Cook, s of Ellis the first, when a young man,
cleared up a place, built a house on it, and then,
(maidens, it is said, being scarce in Southampton)
went over to Connecticut for a wife. After staying
there some time, and having found a young lady to
suit him, her father asked a friend one day what
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FAMILY RECORDS. 213
long in that neighborhood. He was told that the
young man was courting his daughter. " Why
don't he ask me then.? " said the father. And see
ing Cook shortly afterward he repeated the question
to him. " That is just what I was about to do,"
said Ellis ; and thereupon the following dialogue
ensued : " Where do you live ? " " In Souths
ampton, L. I." "Have j'ou a church there?"
(meaning a church organization.) " Yes." " A
minister,?" " Ye«." "A meeting house.?"
" Yes." " Have you got a house to live in ? "
" Yes." " WeU then, young man, you may have
my daughter," and the maiden assenting, the mar
riage soon followed and Ellis led his bride to her
new home in the forests of Southampton.
EUis Cook the original settler first lived in South
ampton viUage — then moved to Watermill where
he died. Abial lived in Watermill, then called
MUl Neck, and John and EUis Jr. in Bridge Hamp
ton. 10 Jonathan removed from B. Hampton to
New Jersey and thence to Quogue L. I. where he
died in 1754. COOPER FAMILY.
John Cooper of Lynn, Mass., came from England
in 1635 in the Hopewell, aged 41 with w and ch.
Mary aged 13, John 10, Thomas 7, and Martha 5.
He was from Olney, Co. of Bucks or Buckingham
shire. He was one of the twenty heads of families
who formed the association for the settlement of
Southampton ini 1639. Hewas made freeman at
Boston Dec 6 1^36 : was one of the elders of the
church when it was organized at Lynn, and in 1638
28

214 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
he is recorded as owning 200 acres of land in that
town. As above 1 John b 1594 d 1662, had ch. 2 Mary
b 1622, 3 John b 1625 d 1689, 4 Thomas b 162S
and 5 Martha b 1630.
3 John had w Sarah and ch. 6 John d 1717, 7
Samuel, 8 James and 9 Abraham b 1689 d 1773.
6 John had w Hannah and ch. 10 Hannah b 1709,
11 Thomas, b 1710 d 1782, 12 Mehetabel and 13
John. 11 Thomas had w Mary and ch. 14 Elias b Sept
30 1734, 15 Mary and 16 Hannah, twins b 1736, 17
Thomas b 1738, 18 Mehetabel b 1741, 19 John b
1743 and 20 Caleb b 1745. 14 EUas had w Ruth
Rogers and ch. 21 Charles b Aug 19 1759, 22 Oba
diah b Dec 22 1760, 23 Susana b Nov 29 1762, 24
Apollos b Feb 2 1767 (who went to Utica N. Y.),
25 EUas b May 21 1769, and 26 Hannah b May 19
1773. 22 Obadiah had ch. 27 Elias (who had s Charles)
28 Oliver b 1796 (who had s Franklin H. of Quogue),
and 29 Apollos.
20 Caleb had w Abigail and ^h. 30 WiUiam of
Sag Harbor, 31 Caleb and 32 Huntting of Sag Har
bor, (who has s William of Montrose Pa.) 30 Wil
liam had sons William and Gilbert both of Sag
Harbor. 13 John had ch, 33 Samuel, 34 Elihu and 35
Zophar, 35 Zophar had ch, 36 Ananias, 37 Mary,
and 38 Nathan who had s 39 Mercator. 39 Merca-
tor had 1st w Maria J. d of John Green, and ch,
Maria J, and Sarah E, He m 2nd w Sophia J, d ol
Josiah Foster.

FAMILY RECORDS. 215
8 James had ch. 40 Nathan, 41 James and 42
Elizabeth. 41 James b about 1700 had ch. 43
PhiUp, 44 James, 45 Zebulon, 46 Stephen, 47
Moses, 48 Benjamin, 49 Ezekiel, 50 SUas and 5i
Selah. 45 Zebulon had s 52 Sylvanus who had
among other children Rev Charles W. of Babylon,
L. L
9 Abraham had ch. 53 Bethia and 54 Abraham b
about 1720 d 1793 who m Johana HoweU and had
ch. 55 John b May 22 1758, 56 Abraham b Jan 1
1761, 57 GUbert b Feb 26 1763, 58 Hannah b Aug
6 1765 (w of Henry Rhodes,) 59 Mehetabel b Feb
9 1768 (w of Benj'n Huntting), 60 Foster b — and
61 Jane.
55 John m Susana d of Zebulon Howell Aug 12
1778 and had ch. 62 Abraham (who has son HoweU
of Watertown,) and 63 Zebulon of Utica N. Y,
who d 1831,
4 Thomas b 1628 d 1687 had w Mary and ch, 64
Thomas, 65 Ichabod, 66 Benjamin and 67 Eliza
beth, 64 Thomas had w Hannah and ch. 68
Thomas, 69 John, 70 David, 71 Ebenezer, 72 Phebe
w of Culver, and 73 Mary w of  Jones. 68
Thomas had s 74 Ananias who had ch. 75 Matthew
H. b 1758 d 1842 and 76 Ananias. 75 Matthew
had ch. 77 Patty and 78 John H. b 1792 d 1850,
78 John H. had w Harriet and s Thomas of B.
Hampton. 69 John had ch. John and Ananias,
70 David had eh, 79 Josiah, 80 Silas, 81 David
and 82 Simon.
80 SUas had ch. 83 James B. b 1777, 84 Simon

216 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
¦ W. b 1779 (who had s James B. of Babylon L. I.,)
85 Silas, 86 Peleg and 87 Nathaniel.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
55 John had ch. Juliana b Aug 4 1779, 62 Abra
ham b June 14 1781, Cordelia b Aug 22 1783, So
phia b Sept 12 1785, Hannah b Nov 5 1787, and
63 Zebulun H. b Jan 17 1792. The last three were
born at Montgomery, Ulster Co. N. Y.
62 Abraham ra Susana HoweU and had ch. Em
meline, Abraham and Howell, and by a second w
(Harriet Howell) George, Nicoll J,, John J. of
Brooklyn and Elias F. 62 Abraham cUed at Ox-
boi^N. Y. Feb 7 1861.
68 Thomas removed to Bridge Hampton where
some of his descendants now live.
41 James wills in 1753 to w Mary and daughters
Elizabeth, Abigail and Mary and to the nine sons
before given.
79 Josiah was a soldier in the Revolutionary war,
and afterwards settled at New Paltz in Ulster Co.
N. Y. His bro SUas m Elizabeth d of Rev James
Brown of B. Harapton. When the British occu
pied B. Hampton he writh other whigs fled to Gro
ton Ct., and lost all his property by the war. The
third bro Simon a sea captain was lost -with aU his
crew on Nantucket shoals. Simon W. removed to
Babylon in 1804 where his son James B. now re
sides. CORWITH FAMILY.
David Corwith or Carwithy, the first of this name,
is said to have been a French Huguenot, though the

FAMILY RECORDS. 217
name would indicate a previous Welsh origin. He
came to Bridge Hampton and married a sister of
Dea. James Haines and lived in Rufus Rose's Lane
where he had a store. The date of his arrival is
not known, WhUe such is the account received
from one of the family, the name of a Caleb Car
withy is found on the Town Record as early as 1661
and a John C, in 1682,
1 David above, is said to have had two sons 2 Ca
leb and 3 David, 2 Caleb had ch, 4 Caleb and 5
John, 4 Caleb had ch, 6 James, (who had ch. Si
las, Charles, Caleb H., Sarauel and Leander,) 7 Si
las, 8 WUUam, 9 Luther (who removed) and 10 John.
10 John had ch. 11 SUas, (who had s SUas) 12 Wm,
Henry, 13 Luther, 14 Egbert, 15 James and 16
John. 5 John had s Samuel. 3 David had ch. 17
David B. (who had son Burnett) 18 Henry and 19
Caleb who had ch. Nathan, David and Sarah. 18
Henry had ch. 20 David, 21 Frank, 22 Gordon (who
has ch. WiUiam, Sarah and John E.) and 23 Wil
Uam who has s Augustus. CULVER FAMILY.
1 Edward Culver of Dedham, Mass., had ch. 2
John b April 15 1640, 3 Joshua b Jan 12 1643, 4
Samuel b Jan 9 1645, 5 Gersham baptized Dec 3
1648. 1 Edward d at Mystic Ct. When his s 5
Gersham came to Southampton is not known, but
not in the earUest period since, his name does not
occur in any of the lists previous to 1668.
5 Gersham d 1717 had w Mary and ch. 6 Jere
miah, 7 David, 8 Jonathan, 9 Gersham, 10 Mary,

218 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
11 Nahum, and 12 Moses. 6 Jeremiah had w Mary
d of. Joseph Pierson, m Dec 22 1700, and ch. 13
Jeremiah b April 23 1702, 14 Mary b Feb 5 1704,
and 15 Jesse b Feb 20 1707, (who had s Edward.)
13 Jeremiah had ch. 16 Ebenezer, and 17 Jere
miah, who had s 18 Jeremiah. 18 Jeremiah had ch.
g Austin of Moriches, (who has s Dr. Josiah,) and
9M.(iM^smi w of Thomas Isaacs of E. Hampton, who
has ch. Phebe, Susan M. and Sarah C.
9 Gersham had s 19 Gersham, who had s 20 Ger
sham, who had s 21 William, who had s 22 Merit,
who has s William and other chUdren.
12 Moses had s 23 James, who had ch. 24 Moses
b 1762, 25 George b 1772 and 26 Mark b 1771. 24
Moses had w Prudence and s Elias, who had w Sarah,
and moved away. DAYTON FAMILY.
Ralph Dayton, from the records of the town, ap
pears to have resided here a short time. . He was
One of the early settlers of East Hampton and had
a son Robert, also, who settled there and became
the progenitor of the Dayton famUies now resident
there. Their genealogy has already been given in
Hedge's Address. Ralph had another son, Samuel,
who, previous to 1648, was an inhabitant of Flush
ing, then came to Southampton, but his narae dis-^
appears after 1658. He had a residence in North
Sea, and probably removed to New Jersey with
others who emigrated thither about this time.
ELLSWORTH FAMILY.
Roswell Ellsworth resided in Rhode Island. His
*on Roswell removed to Washington Co. N. Y.

FAMILY RECORDS. 219
Noah D. son of the second Roswell, removed to
Southampton about 1836. He had ch. Alvah N.,
Robert, John H., WiUiara R., Egbert and EUza
beth. John H. m Jan 1866 Nancy d of William
Huntting. FITHIAN FAMILY,
The first settler of this name on Long Islahd was
WiUiam. According to the tradition in the family
he was a native of Wales, — then afterwards a sol
dier in Cromwell's army — present at the execution
of Charles I., and after the restoration of Charles
II. was proscribed as a Regicide,, and obliged to flee
his country. He came to Boston, thence to Lynn,
thence to New Haven, thence to East Hampton
where he remained and died Dec. 10 1678.
1 WiUiam d 1678 had ch. 2 Enoch b 1646 d 1726,
and 3 Samuel, the latter of whom probably removed
since we know nothing of him or his descendants.
2 Enoch m Miriam Burnett June 25 1675, and
had ch. 4 Aaron b 1684 d 1750, 5 David, 6 Samuel^
7 Sarah, and Jonathan of Philadelphia. 4 A^ron
had s 9 Capt, David b 1728 d 1805 who had w Es
ther and ch, 10 David, 11 Aaron, 12 Capt, Jona
than, 13 EUsha, and 14 Lucretia, 11 Aaron had s
15 Enoch who had ch, 16 Abraham and 17 David of
N. York City. 16 Abraham of E. Hampton has
ch. Isabel and Jerusha. f-
12 Capt. Jonathan had ch. 18 Mary, 19 EUzabeth,
20 Jonathan, b 1796 d 1865, 21 Aaron and 22
Jerusha w Patrick Gould of E. H. 20 Jonathan
had w Abbie d Thos. Sayre and ch 23 EUzabeth w
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220 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Drake, 25 Louisa, 26 Mary and 27 Margaret. 21
Aaron had ch. Mary A., Jonathan, WUliam and
Jerusha. 13 Elisha had s Samuel of Southold who has s
Williara. FORDHAM FAMILY.
An account of the Rev. Robert Fordham the an
cestor of this family in Southampton has been given
before. Chapter VII. He d about 1673, and had w
Elizabeth and ch. 2 Captain Joseph, 3 Robert, 4
Rev. Jonah, 5 John and 6 Mary w of Edward Howell.
2 Capt. Joseph d 1688 had ch. 7 Major Joseph b
July 30 1669, 8 Elizabeth, 9 Nathan and 10 Pela-
tiah. 7 Joseph had w Mary and ch. Mary b March
11 1691, 12 Joseph b Sept 19 1693, 13 Phebe b
July 22 1696, 14 Alexander b Oct 3 1700, 15 John
b Oct 27 1703, and 16 Hannah b July 19 1707. 12
Joseph d about 1726, had w Martha and ch. 17 Jo
seph and 18 Abraham who had s 19 Abraham. 19
Abraham had ch. 20 Daniel, 21 Charles, 22 Frank,
23 George; 24 Merit and 25 Mehetabel. 20 Daniel
had w Mary Halsey and ch. Mary, Nancy, Susan,
EUzabeth, Eli P., Henry A. and WUUam F. 24
Merit had w Mary A. and ch. Orlando, Jeremiah,
Elenore, John H. and Mary J.
9 Nathan had ch. 26 John and 27 Nathan. 27
Nathan had ch. 28 George, 29( Nathan and 30 Dan
iel. 28 George had ch. 31 George, 32 Jared, 33
Caleb b 1758, and 34 Silas. 33 Caleb had ch. 35
George of New York, 36 Caleb of New York, 37
Jacob and 38 Eliza w Silas Rose of Hadlyme Ct.
29 Nathan had ch. 39 Nathan and 40 Jairus. 39

FAMILY RECORDS. 22 I
Nathan had ch. 41 Robert, 42 Jeffi-ey, 43 Nathan,
44 Hugh and 45 Htnry. 41 Robert had ch. Charles,
Rob. Bruce and Lodowick. 42 Jeffrey had ch. Na
than and Thomas. 43 Nathan had ch. Samuel,
Oscar, John and Elbert. 44 Hugh had w Phebe
and d Rowena w of Alfred Robinson. 45 Henry
had s Nathan.
40 Jairus had ch. 46 Hubbard, 47 Nicholas, (who
had son William) and 48 Frederic.
9 Nathan or 10 Pelatiah was th(> grandfather of a
John Fordham, who had s John, who had ch. 49
Pelatiah, 50 Nathan Y. and 51 Charies. 49 Pela
tiah had ch. Charles and John.
FOSTER FAMILY.
Christopher Foster came _^from England in the
AbigaU, in 1635, aged 32, with w Frances 25, and
ch. Rebecca 5, Nathaniel 2, and John 1. He was
made freeman at Boston April 17, 1637. Samr.'
year he resided in Lynn, where in 1638 (according
to Lewis, Hist, of Lynn) 60 acres of land were al
lotted to him. He came here probably between
1649 and 1653. His son Nathaniel removed to
Huntington, L. I., and resided.
The following is believed to be the coat armor of
this family — Argent on a bend wavy sable three
bucks' beads caboshed,ert-,
1 Christopher b 1603 d 1687, had w Frances and
ch. 2 Rebecca b 1630, 3 Nathaniel b 1633, 4 John
b 1634, 5 Benjarain, 6 Joseph, 7 Hannah and 8
Sarah. 4 John had ch. 9 John b Feb 8 1662, 10 Sarah
29

222 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
b Jan 29 1664, 11 Hannah b Jan 2 1667, 12 Jere
miah b March 7 1671, 13 Patience b March 7 1673,
14 Rachel b Feb 2 1675, 15 Jonathan b April 2
1677, 16 David b March 15 1679, 17 William b
April 2 1681, 18 Phebe b AprU 1 1683, and 19 Abi
gaU b Feb 1685. 9 John d 1727, m Hannah Abbot
Dec 5 1689, and had ch. 20 John b 1695 d 1762,
and 21 Hachaliah b 1700 d 1775, and prob. others.
20 John had 1st w Sybil and ch. 22 John, 23 James,
24 Chloe, 25 Keturah, 26 Josiah and 27 Samuel.
26 Josiah had w Esther (lived in Quogue) and ch.
28 Justus, 29 Josiah, 30 James b 1774 d. 1863, 31
Cephas, 32 John and 33 Isaac, who removed to
Honesdale, Penn. 28 Justus had ch. 34 Halsey
(who had ch. Josiah and Henry,) 35 Horace, 36 Jo
siah, 37 John F. (who has ch. Margaret, Sophia, and
Fanny,) 38 Solon, 39 WilUam of New Orleans and
40 Franklin. 29 Josiah had w Abigail d of Zebu-
iW Jessup, and ch. 41 Benjamin H. (who has ch.
Oliver, Benjamin and James E.) 42 Mehetabel, 43
George (who has ch. George and Henry) 44 Josiah,
45 Jeremiah and 46 Sophia w Mercator Cooper.
30 James had w Phebe Cook and cb. 47 Albert (who
has son James H.) 48 Isaac P. (who has ch. Ed
ward H. and Clara) and 49 Esther w John P. Her
rick, M. D., (who has ch. Louisa, Dr. John C. and
Henry.) 31 Cephas had s Erastus who had ch.
Julia P. and Sarah.
12 Jeremiah had ch. Stephen, Nathan, and five
daughters. 5 Benjamin had w Lydia and ch. 50 Benjamin,
51 Deborah, 52 Jonathan, 53 Mary b July 29 1669,

FAMILY RECORDS. 223
54 Susana, 55 Isaac and 56 David of Cohanzy,
50 Benjamin had w Martha and ch. 57 Martha b
1692, 58 Bethia b 1694, 59 Sarah b 1697, 60
Ephraim b 1699, 61 Benjamin b 1701, 62 William
b 1704 and 63 Stephen b 1708. 60 Ephraim had
eh. 64 David, and 65 William b 1759 d 1826. 64
David had s David who has ch. Benjamin C. and
Harriet. 65 William had w Hannah and ch. 66
Selden (who has d Mary) and 67 WilUam who re
sides in Montrose Pa.
63 Stephen had son Matthew b 1768 d 1852, who
had w Hannah and ch. 68 B. Halsey b 1796 d 1863,
and 69 Stephen (who had ch. James, Ann E. and
Samuel.) 68 B. Halsey ra Fanny Sayre, and had ch.
Phebe w Theod. Pierson, Williara S., Thomas H.,
Clara, Annette w Gilbert Huntting, Electa and
George. 6 Joseph d 1708, had ch 70 Joseph, 71 Jeremiah
and 72 Christopher. 70 Joseph had ch. 73 Daniel,
74 Damaris, 75 Jeremiah, 76 Peter, 77 Penelope, 78
Joseph, 79 Christopher and 80 Nathan of Elizabeth
N.J. 73 Daniel d about 1741 had w Lydia and ch. 81
Jonas b March 25 1711 d 1793, 82 Lydia b April 30
1713, 83 Mehetabel b Jan 24 1715, 84 AbigaU b Oct
8 1719, 85 Daniel b March 22 1722,86 Phebe b
Sept 27 1724 and 87 Christopher. 81 Jonas had
ch. 88 Jedediah, 89 Abraham, 90 Daniel and 91
Wakeman (who had ch. John and Malbey) . 88 Jede
diah removed to Palmyra N. Y., and had ch. Joel,
Abraham, Cyrus, Zenas and Pliny.
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224 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
and 93 Joseph b July 27 1704, 93 Joseph had ch.
AbigaU b 1726, Damaris b 17.30, Hannah b 1733,
Prudence b 1736, Enice b 1739, and Christopher b
1743. 72 Christopher b 1 668 m 1st w Hannah d of Samuel
Pierson of E. H. Nov 26 1691, and 2nd w Abigail
Topping d Christopher Lupton, Aug 19 1697, and
had ch. AbigaU b Oct 27 1692, and Hannah b Oct
28 1694.
91 Wakeman lived alone with his family at Pond
quogue during the Revolutionary war. On one oc
casion some British troops appeared at his house
and commanded him to yoke up his oxen and draw
a boat over fiora the Peconic to Shinnecock Bay.
He did so — got the boat and started with a British
guard in the rear. On the journey across, evening
carae on, and Wakeraan took advantage of the
darkness and played the guard a Yankee trick. All
the time, crying whoa ! at the top of his voice, '^'^j^ev
began to hrad up the oxen with his goad until they
ran at their utmost speed. The British, thinking
from his cries the oxen would soon stop, did not at
tempt to overtake him, and as soon as he was beyond
their hearing, he turned the cattle into the brash,
and that was the last they ever saw of their boat.
FOURNIER FAMILY.
1 Francis Fournier, with others, came from France
during our Revolutionary war, to assist in the strug
gle for our independence. After peaee took place
he resided at Red Creek. He had ch. 2 John, 3
Joshua, 4 Barnabas and 5 Peter, who resided at

FAMILY RECORDS. 225
North Sea. 2 John had ch. Ann w Deac. John
White, Francis and Oliver. 4 Barnabas had ch.
Barnabas and Joshua. 5 Peter had ch. 6 Hiram,
7 Peter, 8 John and 9 Franklin. 7 Peter has ch.
Arabella, John F., Justina w I. L. Sandford, Fanny
and Ann E. FOWLER FAMILY.
In 1678, 1 Christopher Fowler is granted a house
lot. He died March 24 1683. A 2 Richard Fowler
who succeeded him appears to have been his only
son. 2 Richard had son 3 John, who had ch. 4 Wil
ham and 5 Richard — the latter of whom had ch. 6
John, 7 Oliver, 8 Apollos and 9 George. 6 John
had s WUliam, who has ch. Edward, J^hu. Phebe, ^riM
Mary, Evelyn and Jesse.
GELSTON FAMILY.
There are none of this family, iu the knowledge
of the writer, living in the town of Southampton.
The fii-st of this name was Hugh, who came here
probably not many years previous to 1717, when
his brother. Rev. Samuel, was settled as colleague
with Mr. Whiting. 1 Hugh had ch. 2 Rev. Malbey
and 3 Hugh b 1698 d 1775. 3 Hugh had w Mary
and ch. 4 Hugh and 5 Deac. Malbey of Bridge Hamp
ton b 1723 d 1783. 5 Deac. Malbey had ch. 6 John
b 1750 d 1831 (who had w Phebe and d Elizabeth).
7 David of N. York, 8 Thomas of B. Hampton, 9
WUUam of Hadlyme Ct., 10 Hugh of Sag Harbor,
and 11 Jane w of David Sayre of Sagg. 9 Wil
liam had ch. 12 WiUiam (who has ch. Malbey and
John), 13 Richard and 14 Malbey.

226 HISTOR-Y OF SOUTHAMPTON.
GOODALL FAMILY.
The first mentioii of this name is on the list of
1698 where it is written Goodale. The Goodales of
that list appear to form one famUy, of husband, wife
and five children ; and the data furnished by the
family confirm this supposition. Assuming this to
be true, 1 Joseph had w Elizabeth and ch. 2 Jona
than, 3 Williara, 4 Joseph, 5 Mary and 6 Hannah.
One of these, probably Joseph, had s 7 Joseph, who
had ch. 8 Jehiel, 9 Silas, 10 Stephen, 11 Joseph,
12 Mary and 13 Nancy. 8 Jehiel had ch. 14 Alanson
(who had ch. Edward and Susan w of Julius Fos
ter) and 15 Charles (who has ch. Charles and others.)
GREEN FAMILY. r i^ r
1 John Green came to Southampton from Ireland,
a young man, about the time of the Revoluuonary
war. He married and had ch. 2 Henry 3 Barney,
4 Aaron, 5 William, 6 James, 7 Maria I., w of
'Mercator Cooper and 8 ^P'orinda. 2 Henry removed
to Southold. 4 Aaron had ch. Henry, George, Bar
ney, Mercator, Adeline w of James Rogers and Al-
bina. 3 Barney had ch. Justina w of E. A. Carpen
ter and Mary w of Ira B. TuthiU. James has s
James and other children.
HALLOCK FAMILY.
Peter Hallock came from England and was one
of the first settlers of Southold. Returning soon
after to England, he raarried a widow HoweU, whom
he brought over with her son Richard, then a lad.
Such portion of the genealogy as concerns the Hal-

FAMILY RECORDS. 227
locks of Southampton, is here given from the family
record published by Rev. Wm. A. Hallock D. D.
16 Jabez wrote his name HaUeck.
1 Peter ha/jl(2 WiUiam, who d 1684, leaving ch.
3 Thomas, 4 f^eter, 5 WUliam d 1736, and 6 John.
3 Thomas had ch. 7 Thomas, 8 Zerubbabel 9 Kings-
land and 10 Richard. 8 Zerubbabel had sll Zerub
babel, who had s 12 Daniel, who had ch. 13 Micah,
(the father of Dr. David H. of Southampton,) and
14 Ezra, the father of Deac. Geo. W., Ezra Y. and
Joseph N. of Franklinville,
4 Peter had s 15 Peter, who had ch, 16 Jabez and
17 Frederic, 16 Jabez had s 18 Joseph, who had s
Henry W,, Major Gen. U. S. A. 17 Frederic had
s 19 Frederic, who had cti. Harvey of B. Hampton,
and Capt. Franklin, N. Y. V.
5 WUUam had s Joshua, who had s David, who
had 8 John of Moriches, who had s David of Bridge
Hampton. HALSEY FAMILY.
Thomas Halsey, the first of this name, was one
of the twenty original settlers whose names are af
fixed to the articles of agreement formed in Lynn.
In 1637 he was a resident of Lynn, and in 1638 he
owned there 100 acres of land. His first wife, as
before narrated, was murdered by two Indians. He
married, as his second w Ann wid of Edward Johnes,
March 1660. The arms of this family in Hertford
shire, Eng., are. Argent, three boars' heads couped
in pale sable.
1 Thomas d 1678 had ch. 2 Thomas, 3 Isaac, 4
Daniel and 5 EUzabeth. 2 Thomas had ch. 6 Mary

228 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
b Aug 29 1654. 7 Elizabeth b Oct 15 1655,- 8 Jo
siah b Feb 15 1656-7, 9 Sarah b Oct 2& 16.58, 10
Isaac b Aug 29 1660, 11 David b Apr 12 1663, 12
Hannah b Feb 5 1665, 13 Jeremiah b Sept 7 1667,
14 Jonathan 'b Dec. 22 1669, 15 Phebe b Dec 29
1671, 16 AbigaU b AprU 19 1673, and 17 Nathaniel
b June 1 1675.
8 Josiah d 1739, had 2nd w Mary and ch. 18
Martha, 19 Elizabeth, 20 Deac. Josiah b 1692 d
1744, and 21 Mary. 20 Deac. Josiah had ch. 22.
Israel, who had ch. 23 Willman b 1750 d 1786, 24
John and 25 Stephen. 23 Willman had s 26 Bar-
zillai, b 1776 d 1849, who had w Fanny and s Enoch,
20 Deac. Josiah had also s 27 Zebulon b 1730 d
1806, who had ch. 28 Zebulon b 1755 d 1817, 29
Edward, 30 Paul, 31 Philip, and 32 Peter of Cairo
N. Y., (who had ch. Peter, George, of Riverhead,
and Oliver, also of Riverhead. 28 Zebulon had ch.
33 Edward b 1790 d 1858, (who had ch, Stephen,
Susan w^ of Edwin Post, Samuel B, and Maria) and
34 Andrew, who has son Henry A. and others. 30
Paul had s 35 Caleb, who has ch. Caroline, Edwin,
Charles S. and Mary.
10 Isaac d 1757 had w Mary and ch. 36 Isaac b
1693 d 1725 and 37 Ephraim. 36 Isaac had ch. 38
Cornelius d 1782 and 39 Sylvanus, (who was b 1723
d 1815, and had ch. Zephaniah and Jabez).
38 Cornelius m Jan 10 1751, Milicent Rogers,
and had ch. 40 Timothy b Jan 1 1753, 41 William
b Aug 14 1754, 42 Mary b Jan 9 1756, 43 MiUcent
b Aug 27 1757, 44 Martha b Jan 19 1759, 45 Fred
eric b March 2 1761, 46 Cleopatra b Apr 13 1763,

FAMILV RECORDS. 229
47 Ruth b Juue 6 1765, 48 Zophar b April 8 1767,
49 Solon b. May 18 1769, and 50 Susana b Oct 5
1774. 41 WiUiam had ch. 51 Shepherd, [who had
ch. Isaac, Edwin and Williara] and 52 Hervey, who
has s Dennis. 40 Timothy m Abigail Jagger, Nov
8 1780, and had ch. 53 Apollos b Dec 22 1781, d
1824, 54 Cephas b Oct 25 1783 d 1848, 55 Hiram
bNov6 178f d 1807, 56 Walter b Dec 18 1789
and Nancy and Sophia b Deo 6 1792. These lived
in Orange Co. N. Y. 53 Apollos m Mary Helme,
and had ch. Martha P. b Sept 29 1806, Wm.
Augustus b Sept 14 18^ Nathan H. b March 3 /^/f
1812, Eunice b June 11 1818, Apollos b March 25
1824 d. 1852.
11 David d 1732 had ch. 57 Abraham b 1696 d
1759, 58 Abigail, 59 Sarah, 60 Hannah and 61 Me
hetabel. 57 Abraham had ch. 62 David b Oct 6
1722, (53 Amy b Aug 24 1724, 64 Jonathan b May
1 1727, 65 EUas b Feb 3 1730, 66 Hannah b Jan
7 1732, 67 Stephen b April 13 1733 and 68 Lemuel.
62 David had ch, 69 Mehetabel, 70 Caleb b 1765,
71 Abraham, 72 David, 73 Daniel and 74 Amy.
70 Caleb had cb. 75 Abrahara, 76 Ruth and 77
Augustus B., [who ra Harriet Rogers and has ch.
Harriet, Helen and Theodore A.] 75 Abraham m Mary
Woodruff, and has ch. Williara, Mary, Silas, Charles
and Jane. 72 David had ch. David and Jonathan.
64 Jonathan, of Speonk, had ch. 78 David, who had
ch. 79 Hiram and 80 OUver. 79 Hiram, of Speonk,
has ch. William D., John and Charles.
67 Stephen M. D. had s 81 Stephen M. D., who
hail ch. 82 Judge Hugh, and 83 Rev. Herman. 82
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230 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Hugh had ch. James M., Isabel, Charles A., M. D.
and E. Sidney.
13 Jeremiah of B. Hampton, b 1666 d 1737, had
w Ruth and ch. 84 Jereraiah, 85 Nathan, 86 EUjah,
87 Experience, 88 Abigail and 89 Jerusha.
84 Jeremiah had ch. 90 Paul, 91 Jeremiah, 92
Matthew and 93 Stephen. 90 Paul had ch. 94
Paul, (who had s Watson) 95 Lemuel, (who had s
Robert) 96 Sylvester and 97 Hudson, 97 Hudson
had ch. 98 Erastus, 99 Robert, (who had ch. Rob
ert, Erastus and Jeffi-ey) and 100 George. 91 Jere
miah had ch. Jereraiah, Luther, Amos and Simeon.
92 Matthew had ch. 101 Matthew, 102 Job, of Sag
Harbor, 103 Isaac, 104 Levi, 105 Jacob and 106
Samuel. 102 Job had ch. 107 Eliphalet, (who had s Thomas)
and 108 George.
105 Jacob had s 109 Haynes, who had s Benjamin.
106 Samuel had ch. 110 Richard, (who has ch.
Jesse, Leander, William, Erskine, Charles, Gabriel
and Richard) 111 Albert, (who has ch. Samuel and
Ashbury) 112 Lawrence, 113 Samuel, of Sag Har
bor, 114 Job, 115 Ledyard and 116 Philetus.
93 Stephen had ch. 117 Stephen, (removed) 1 18.
Jonathan, 119 Jeremiah, (removed) and 120 Rogers,
(who had ch. 121 Herman R. and Henry H.) 121
Herman R. has son Henry and d,  .
85 Nathan d 1760, had w Charity and ch. 122
Timothy b 1730, 123 Nathan and 124 TheophUus.
122 Timothy had w Phebe and ch. 125 Sylvanus b
17.55, 126 Charity b 1760, 127 James b 1757, (who
had ch. Stephen, Richard and .lob H.) 128 Sarah b

FAMILY RECORDS. 231
1761, 129 Timothy b 17§< (who had ch. Hubbard,
Bartlett and Benjamin) 130 William b 1766, 131
AbigaU b 1767, 132 Jesse and 133 David b 1770,
and 134 Elisha b 1776, (who had d w of Richard
Rogers.) 125 Sylvanus had ch. 135 Elihu, (who
had ch. AUen, James, Augustus, Edward William,
and Samuel) 136 Phebe,'l37 Catherine and 138
Frederic, (who had son Albert.) 130 William had
ch. 139 OUver (who had ch. Oliver, Egbert and
Charles C.) 140 Alvah, (who had ch. John and
Henry) and 141 William. 132 Jesse had ch. Sam
uel, CorneUus, Isaac and Charles. 133 David had
ch. Henry and Pierson.
86 EUjah had ch. 142 Daniel, 143 Moses and 144
Nathan. 142 Daniel had ch. 145 Gabriel, [who had
s Noah] and 146 Moses. 17 Nathaniel m Anna d
of Josiah Stansbrough, Dec 15 1697, and had ch.
147 EUshal b Sept 3 1699, 148 Recompense b Aug
19 1700, 149 Ezekiel b Nov 12 1703, 150 Ananias
h Jan 10 1706, 151 Anna b July 29 1707, 152
Eunice b March 31 1709, 153 Deborah b Oct 7
1710, 154 Nathaniel b Dec 15 1713, 155 Phebe b
May, 31 1714, and 156 Moses b July 12 1716.
One of these chUdren [it is not known which] of
17 Nathaniel, was the father of 157 Joshua andl58i
James. 157 Joshua had ch. 159 Ananias, and 160
Joshua, [who had ch. Schuyler B. and Aje.] 159
Ananias had ch. 161 Uriah, (w^ho had ch. Eliza
beth, WiUiam and Edwin) 162 EU P., (who had s
Edwin P.) and 163 Mary w of Daniel Fordham,
158 James had s 164 Nathaniel, who had s Albert,
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232 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
3 Isaac d about 1703, had w Mary and ch. 165
Isaac b 1665 d 1752, 166 Joseph, 167 Joshua b
1675, 168 Thomas, 169 Samuel, 170 Mary w of —
Post, and 171 Elizabeth w of — HoweU.
165 Isaac had w Phebe and ch. 172 Joseph, 173
Jonah, 174 John, [who had son Dr. Isaac] 175
Phebe, 176 Mary, 177 Job b I7l4 d 1750. 168
Thomas of B. Hampton d about 1764, had s 178
Ethan, who had ch. 179 Ethan b 1755 d 1827, 180
Abraham and 181 Thomas. 179 Ethan had w Jane
and ch. 182 Ethan, [who had s Thomas] 1 83 Jas
per, [who had s Abraham] 184 David, [who had s
James] 185 Jaraes, [who had ch. Stephen, Jeremiah
and Oliver] and 186 Luther.
4 Daniel had ch. 187 Daniel b 1670 d 1734, and
188 Richard. '
187 Daniel had w Amy and ch. 189 Daniel b
1697 March 21. 190 Henry b. Feb 28 1700,191
Amy b Aug 17 1702, 192 EUas b May 16 1707, 193
Jesse b Aug 5 1710, 194 SUas b Jan 17 1718. 189
Daniel had ch. 195 Daniel b 1732, and 196 Ichabod
b 1734. 195 Daniel had s 197 Daniel, who had s
198 Daniel, who had w Louisa and ch. Mary w of
Elbert Rose, Erama J. w Rev. Samuel Huntting,
Daniel, William and Josephine. 190 Heniy had
ch. 199 Jesse, 200 Fithian and 201 Henry. 199
Jesse had ch. 202 Jesse, [who had ch. Lemuel, Da
vid and Abigail] and 203 Charles, who had ch. 204
Henry, 205 Jesse and 206 Edward, [who has d
Maria L.] 204 Henry has ch. Amanda, Charles H..
Willman, Jesse and Mary. 194 SUas b 1718, had s
Dr. Silas who removed to Lodi N. Y., and had sons
Nicol and Jehiel.

FAMILY RECORDS. 233
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
39 Sylvanus moved fo Orange Co. N. Y. 67 Dr.
Stephen, and his son 81 Dr. Stephen, both pmcticed
medicine in Bridge Hampton. James M. gr. son of
81 Dr. Stephen, m Mary d of Levi D. Wright M.
D., [who settled in B. Hampton, from Middle Had
dam, Ct.] and has ch. Phebe E. b 1857, Levi b
1860, and Hugh b 1864. Charies A., also a Phy
sician, died whUe acting as Assistant Surgeon in the
U. S. Service, during the late Rebellion. Ed. Sid
ney also died in the same service.
31 PhiUp was b 1760. He was in the army of
the revolution where he heard the Declaration of
Independence announced, and was a member of the
last company which evacuated N. Y. City in the
memorable retreat of the Am. Army, was after
wards discharged at White Plains, returned home ;
but hearing that a company of British Dragoons
were in the vicinity of his father's house, he, with
some comrades, struck across the Island to Oyster
Pond Pt., and took a boat across the sound in the
night, entered the Connecticut River ^nd found his
way to Windsor, where he m Esther d. of Elisha
Moore. He died in Windsor in 1846. He had s
Henry b July 8 1784. These particulars concern
ing Philip are derived from Hist, of Windsor by
Dr. Henrj' R.. Stiles. HAND FAMILY.
John Hand was one of the early settlers of South
ampton, his name being on the list of 1644, He re
moved with his son Stephen, to East Hampton,
31

234 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
about the time of the settlement of that place in
1649. -It-iB pi'obablo that he had also two other
sons, Shamger and Benjamin. One Shamger who had
s Shamger b March 27 1671, in 1699 living in Cape
May Co. N. J., speaks of s Josiah of B. Hampton.
Benjamin m EUzabeth Whittier Feb 27 1669, and
had ch. EUzabeth b Ja,n 27 1672, Sarah b Sept 22
1673, Abraham b Oct 2 1675, Benjamin b July 22
1677, Richard b March 2 1679, Mary b March 24
1680, Rachel b Jan. 23 1682, and Peter b Nov 1
1683. Now comes a raissing link of one generation,
which the family can doubtless restore from papers
inaccessible to the writer. One of the ch. of the
older Benjamin above, is doubtless the grand father
of three brothers, Abraham, SUas and Nathaniel.
Of these three brothers, Abraham had ch. Abraham,
(who had s Ovjd, of Ovid N. Y.) and Eleazer, who
had ch. Catherine and George, (who has ch. George
and John of E. Hampton.)
Nathaniel above had ch. Nathaniel, (who had ch.
Marcus and Thomas) and Mulford who had s Charles,
of Amagansett, who had ch. George, Nathaniel,
Charles, and daughters.
David Hand, of the same generation as the three
brothers, Abraham, Silas and Nathaniel, had ch.
^ David, (who had s Forrest) Josiah andf Gideon, (who
had s Theron.)
John, Richard and Charles, of B. H., were sons of
Hervey, who, with his brother Bartlett was son of
Elias who was b 1770 and d 1842.
HARRIS FAMILY.
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F.VMILY RECORDS. 235
mentioned in the list of 1657. He lived very early
in North Sea, where some of his descendants have
ever since resided. He had ch. 2 George, 3 Henry
and 4 Eunice. 3 Heury had ch. 5 John b 1727 d
1791, 6 Lydia, 7 Benjamin, 8 Sarah, 9 Henry, 10
George, 11 Daniel and 12 Mary. 5 John had s«l3
Stephen b 1759 d 1813, who had w Jane and ch.
14 Apollos b 1788 d 1837, 15 Eleanor w of Charies
Parsons, and 16 Luther who removed to Goshen
X. Y. 14 ApoUos had w Minerva and s Stephen,
who m Han'iet Brown and had ch. Arthur, Charles,
Jane, WiUiam, Ellen and Everett. 9 Henry had s
17 Henry, who had ch. 18 Henry b 1764 d 1851,
and 19 Elias (who had s WiUiam H.) 18 Henry
had w Phile and ch. 20 Hervey, (who had d Mary)
and 21 Joseph R. who has w Harriet White and d
Eloise w of James Post of N. Y. 11 Daniel had
ch. 22 Daniel and 23 Thomas, (who removed to Sag
Harbor). 22 Daniel had ch. 24 Albert, (who had
ch. Benjamin, Edward and George) and 25 George.
HAYNES FAMILY.
Benjamin Haynes or Haines, as it is generally
written in the old Records, and still is by other
branches of the family, first appears on record in
1657, as a resident of North Sea. His will is found
on record, dated in 1687. With exception of the
descendants of 11 Stephen, aU or nearly aU the
branches are resident of Bridge Hampton. I Ben
jamin d 1687 had w Johana, and ch. 2 Benjamin, 3
Hannah, 4 James b 1673 d 1732, and 5 Samuel.
2 Benjamin d 1714, and had w Lydia and ch. Ben-

236 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
jamin, John, David, Joseph, Nathan, Hannah,
Phebe, Lydia ahd Susana.
4 Jaines had 1st w Sarah and 2nd w Temperance,
and ch. 6 Deae. James b 1702 d 1779, 7 Sarah, 8
Edith, 9 Phebe, 10 Daniel and 11, Stephen b 1704.
6 Deac. James had w Majfcha and ch. 12 David, 13
Sarah, 14 James, (who had s Jared of New Jersey)
15 Daniel of Ct., 16 Elizabeth and 17 Samuel. 12
David had ch. 18 Deac. Jeremiah, (who has sons
William and Jeremiah) 19 David, 20 Stephen, who
removed, and 21 Austin of Southold. 19 David
had s 22 Stephen, who has sons Samuel and Lucius.
15 Daniel had s Lemuel of B. Hampton b 1767 d
1856, who had sons HoweU and WUliam of N. J.
/ 17 Samuel^ 1794, had w Sarah and s 23 Job,
who had ch. 24 James L. and 25 William. 24
James L. had ch. George and Theodore. 11 Stephen
removed to Newark N. J., had w Esther and ch. 26
Stephen b 1733, 27 Phebe b 1741, and 28 Mary b
1747. 26 Stephen had w Joana and ch. 29 Job b
1756, 30 Stephen b 1760, 31 Joana, 32 EUas b
1766, and 33 Daniel b 1773. 29 Job had w Mar
garet and ch. Margaret, Mary, Gen. Ezekiel of Ohio,
and Col. EUas of Ohio also. 32 Elias had w Sarah
and 5 Daniel of Hamburg N. J., [Judge and Ex-
Governor of N. J.] who had ch. Rev. Alanson, Capt.
Thomas, Sarah and Henrietta.-
5 Samuel d 1732, had ch. Silas, John, Isaiah,
Mfjfy, Ruth and Samuel. '
HEDGES FAMILY.
Oh the list of 1644 a])pears the name of a Hedges
-^but the name is now indistinct— if resembles

FAMILY RECORD.S. 237
'• Wm." or may be " Tristram," the latter of which is
once found on record very early. But the name
probably is William, since he is the only Hedges of
that period of whom we know anything. He was one
of the firstsettlersof East Hampton in 1649, andwas
madefreemanat Boston May 14, 1634. Themostof the
following record was obtained from Hon. H. P. Hedges
of B. Hampton, and Dr. John C. Hedges of E. Hamp
ton. 1 William d 1674, had ch. 2 Stephen b 1634 d
1734 and 3 Isaac. 2 Stephen had children 5 Wil
liam b 1679 d 1768, 4 Daniel b 1677 d 1734, and 6
John b — d about 1737. 4 Daniel had ch. 7 Dan
iel b 1709 d 1760 and 8 Col. Jonathan b 1725 d
1804. 7 Daniel had ch. 9 Deac. David b 1744 d
1817, 10 Stephen and 11 Daniel. 9 Deac. David
had w Phebe and ch. 12 Zephaniah b 1768 d
1847, 13 David, 14 Jesse and 15 Wilkes. 12
Zephaniah had ch. 16 Hon. Henry P. [who has ch.
Samuel 0., Edwin and William] 17 Jeremiah [who
has ch. John and Marcus] 18 T. Sanford, [who has
s Henry R.] and 19 Edwin, [who has ch. Hervey T.
and Maria. 13 David had ch. 20 Col. Hervey (who
has ch. Henry T. and Mary) and 21 David (who has
ch. Cassander and Dr. David A. 14 Jesse had ch.
22 Albert of Sag Harbor (who has s George) and
23 Charles of Sag Harbor, (who has s Charles.)
15 Wilkes had ch. 24 Capt. WiUiam of E. Hampton,
(who had ch. James and WiUiam) 25 John Wilkes,
(who has son John W.) and 26 Huntting. 10 Ste
phen had ch. 27 Jare.d(who had ch. Robert, John, Jared
and Charles) and28 Stephen b 1765 dl826, who had s
Levi 11 Daniel had ch. Daniel, Nathaniel of Hartford
32

238 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Ct., Caleb and Abraham. 5 William had ch. 29
Stephen b 1724 d 1804, 30 WiUiam, 31 Ezekiel,
[who moved to Patchogue] and 32 Jeremiah, [who
had s David.] 29 Stephen had s 33 Capt. David
b 1762 d 1846, who had s 34 Deac. Stephen. 34
Stephen had ch. 35 WilUam, 36 Stephen L., [who
has ch. Fanny G., Lawrence and William] 37
George and-38 Nathan.
30 WUliam had ch. 39 William b 1737 d 1815,
and 40 Thomas. 39 WiUiam had ch. 41 William
of Lansingburg N. Y., 42 Col. David [who had s
Dr. John C.,] and 43 Johu.
6 John had ch. 44 John b 1700 d 1786, 45 Lem
uel of N. Jersey, and 46 Stephen b 1703 d 1760.
44 John had ch. 47 Daniel, 48 Mary Isaacs and 49
Ruth Howell. 47 Daniel had ch. .50 Stephen, [who
moved away] 51 John who had s John D. and 52
Josiah. 45 Lemuel had ch. 53 Lemuel, [who had ch.
James, Timothy, Elias and Sarauel] and 54 Jon
athan, who had s Joseph 0.
46 Stephen had ch. 55 Timothy, 56 Matthew,
57 Elias and 58 Nathaniel. 55 Timothy had s 59
Jeremiah, who had s Capt. Jeremiah of Sag 'Har
bor. 56 Matthew had ch. Stephen, [who moved to
N. Y.] Paul, [who moved to Ohio] Matthew, [who
moved west] Timothy, [who had d Catherine of E.
H.] Samuel, [who moved to Washington Co. N. Y.]
and Esther.
3 Isaac had ch. 60 Isaac, and 61 Samuel, who
had s 62 Samuel. 62 Samuel had ch. 63 Jonathan
b l763, and 64 Benjamin. 63 Jonathan bad ch. 65

FAMILY RECORDS. 239
Jonathan b 1730, [who had ch. Jonathan and
Phineas, both physicians, of Newburg N. Y.] and
66 Reuben, [who had ch. Dr. George, Robert, Hetty,
Hannah and Mary.] 64 Benjamin had s 67 PhUip,
who had s Benjamin uf Amagansett.
In 1711 Isaac had a s Gideon baptized.
9 Deac. David Hedges was for many years mem
ber of the Now York Legislature, and one of the
members of a convention to ratify the constitution
of the U. S. He ^vas a man of raore than ordinary'
intellectual ])ower. HERRICK FAMILY.
James Henick came here between 1653 and 1657.
The genealogy of this family is given in a Register
already in print and need not be repeated, except
such portions as refer to the Southarapton family.
Their coat of arms is : Argent a fesse verre or
and gules, crest — on a wreath of their colors a Bull's
head argent issuing- out of a laurel garland, muzzle,
ears and bonis tipped sable. Motto — virtus omnia
nobiUtat. 1 James d 1687, had ch. 2 WUUam b 1654 d
1708, 3 James and 4 Thomas. 2 WUliam had ch.
5 Stephen, 6 James, and 7 Nathan b 1700 d 1784.
5 Stephen had s 8 George, who had s 9 William,
who had ch. 10 WiUiam P. and 11 Austin. 10
WiUiam P. had w Esther and ch. William, AbigaU
and Cephas. 11 Austin had w Mary and ch. Rev.
Samuel E. and Mary. A. 6 James had s 12 Micaiah,
who had ch. 13 Micaiah and 14 Edward. 13 Micaiah
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240 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
[who has 8 James] Elizabeth, Mary, w of Isaac P.
Foster, and Cornelia w of Wm. Huntting. 7 Na
than had s 17 Henry b 1737, who had s 18 Clau
dius of New Haven. 18 Claudius had ch. 19 Dr.
John P. of Southampton, 20 Edward C. of New
Haven, and Rev. Henry, who has ch. Charles and
others. 19 Dr. John P. m Esther Foster and had
ch. Louisa P., Dr. John C. and Henry.
HILDRETH FAMILY.
1 Thomas HUdreth is flrst mentioned in Oct.
1643, and might have come a little earlier. In a
deed of settlement between Hannah his wid. in
1657, and his oldest s Joseph, several young children
are alluded to, but their names are not given. Dr.
Shadrach was a surgeon in the American army of
the Revolution, and died in the seiwice.
- 1 Thomas had ch. 2 Joseph, 3 Hannah, 4 James,
and probably 5 Peter. 2 Joseph had ch. 6 Joseph
b July 27 1679, 7 Nathan b March 17 1684-5 d
1777, 8 Benjamin b Sept 22 1681, 9 Ephraim b
1695 d 1777, 10 Daniel, 11 Jonathan and 12 Isaac.
,7 Nathan had ch. 13 John, 14 Daniel, 15 Mannas-
seh, 16 Joseph and 17 Benjamin. 16 Joseph had s
18 Daniel, who had ch. 19 Daniel, 20 Shadrach, 21
Joseph, 22 Samuel, 23 Nathan and 24 Philip. 19
Daniel had ch. 25 Shadrach, (who had ch. Nathan
and Charles) and 26 Daniel. 21 Joseph had ch.
27 Joseph, (who had ch. Lewis, Albert and Elmira)
28 John and 29 Daniel.
12 Isaac had s 30 John, who had ch. 31 Isaac, 32
Luther, 33 John and 34 Septimus. 31 Isaac had

FAMILY RECORDS. 241
ch. 35 Matthew, (who has ch. Samuel, Abraham,
Egbert and Caroline w of Henry E. Huntting) 36
Shadrach, 37 Luther, 38 Isaac, 39 John and 40
Lester, (who has s Isaac.) 32 Luther had s. 41
Samuel, of Sag Haibor, (who has s Samuel and
others. 33 John had ch. 42 Nathan, (who has ch.
Albert and John) 43 Henry and 44 Albert.
4 James had s 45 James, who d about 1720,
had w Deborah and ch. 46 Noah, 47 Deborah, 48
Hannah, 49 Sarah, 50 David and 51 Joshua. 51
Joshua had w Ann and ch. 52 James, 53 Daniel
and 54 Ann. 52 James died 1778 had w Phebe and
ch. 55 Noah, 56 David, 57 James, 58 Joshua, (who
had 3 Patrick G. of N.'Y.) and 59 Levi. 59 Levi
had ch. Lawrence and James, M. D., (who had ch.
EUza, James and Laum.) 5 Peter had s 60 Peter
who had ch. 61 Peter and 62 David. 61 Peter had
8 63 Jonathan, who had ch. 64 J. Halsey, and 66-
^yfrod^ [who had ch. Charles, George and Wallace).
(,s~ oIAjuL ^ HOWELL FAMILY.
Edward HoweU, the first of this name, was made
freeman at Boston, March 14, 1639. He was one
of the eight original undertakers, and came here in
1640. The numerous famUies who have descended
from him, like many others indeed, are scattered
through almost eveiy state in the Union. In 1638,
500 acres of land were allotted to him in Lynn. It
is almost incredible, but there is in this and almost
every family on the east end of Long Island, a tra
dition that in early tinies three brothers "came
over," one of whom invariably settled on Long Is-
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242 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
land, one as invariably in New Jersey, and the other
" somewhere else." And this, without the least his
torical evidence to support it is told to the enquirer,
ad nausedm ; except in one instance, where the tra
dition is varied to relate that seven brothers came
over, each seven feet high, which is fuU as probable.
The arms of thisfamily are : Gules, trijde-towered.
Argent. Crest used by some branches. Out of a
ducal crown or, a rose argent stalked and leaved
vert between two wings, endorsed of the last. Motto :
Tenax propositi.
1 Edward b about 1600 d 1655, had w Eleanor
anit ch. 2 Major John b 1625 d 1696, 3 Edward, 4
Richard, 5 Arthur and 6 Edmund. 2 John had w
Susana and ch. 7 John b Nov 28 1648 d 1692, 8
Edward b March 22 1649-50, 9 Col. Matthew b
Nov. 8 1651, 10 Capt. Abraham b Jan 22 1653, 11
Ephraim b Jan 1 1655, 12 Susana b July 15 1658,
13 Hannah b Oct 28 1660, 14 Dr. Theophilus b
Dec 18 1662, 15 Nathaniel b Aug 29 1664, 16
Prudence b Dec 27 1666, and 17 AbigaU b July 5
1670. 7 John had w Martha and ch. 18 Mehetabel
b March 12 1674, 19 John b July 11 1676, 20
Phebe b April 17 1678, 21 Susana b Nov 20 1680,
22 Stephen b May 10 1683, 23 Henry b March 18
1684r-5, (who removed to Boston.) 24 Elizabeth b
Feb 4 1686-7, and 25 SybU b Au£? 9 1691.
19 John d 1747, had w Joana and ch. 26 John
b 1711 d 1791, and 27^Ebenezer. 26 John had w
Desire and ch. 28 John b April 20 1743, 29 Henry b
,Jan. 22 1745, 30 Stephen b Nov 23 1746, 31 James
and 32 Nathan. 28 John m Mehetabel Jessup and

FAMILY RECORDS. 243
had ch. 33 John b about 1765 d 1834, 34 Meheta
bel, 35 Lucretia, 36 Matilda White, 37 Dolly, 38
Betsey, 39 Prudence, 40 Loisa and 41 Charles. 33
John m Mary Saltmarsh and had ch. John, Horace,
Orson, Frederic, (who has son Williara F.) Philo,
Dr. Thomas and William.
8 Edward had s 42 Edward of B. Hampton b
1684 d 1772, who had w AbigaU and ch. 43 Han
nah b 1714, 44 Mehetabel b 1716, 45 AbigaU b
1718, 46 Sarah b 1720, 47 Deborah b 1723, 48 Dan
iel and 49 Ezekiel ,b 1725. 50 Gideon b 1728, 51
Jemima b 1732, (wife of — Gardiner) and 52 Mar
tha b 1733. 48 Daniel had ch. 53 Edward b 1*56
d 1834, 54 Simon, [w^ho had s Daniel of Sag Har
bor] and 55 Price. 53 Edward had s Daniel of
Hadlyme Ct., who had ch. George and Joseph E.
49 Ezekiel d 1802, had son 56 Stephen of B. Hamp
ton, who had s Hervey, who has s Edward.
9 Col Matthew d 1706, ra Mary Halsey Nov 8
1677 and had ch. 57 Eunice b Aug 18 1678, 58 Na
than b Dec 24 1681, 59 Israel b AprU 17 1686, 60
Ezekiel b Jan 2 1 1689 and 61 Jerusha. 59 Israel
m Mary Rogers Nov 22 17 1 1 and had ch. 62 Matthew
b Aug 23 1712, 63 Eunice b Dec. 1 1 1713, and 64
Israel b March, 14 1716.
10 Capt. Abraham d 1712 m 1st w AbigaU White
Oct. 19 1682, and 2d w Ann James Oct 2 1690, and
had ch. 65 Abraham b July 30 1683 d 1750, 66
Charles b March 19 1686, 67 Philip b Sept 25 1691,
and 68 Ebenezer b June 12 1693. 65 Abraham
had w Mary and ch. David and Charles.
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244 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
had ch. Ephraim b Oct 10 1685, and Samuel.
14 Dr. TheophUus d 1739, had w Abigail and ch.
69 Theophilus b 1697, 70 Elihu, 71 Prudence and
72 Deborah. 70 Elihu had ch. 73 AbigaU, 74 Han
nah, 75 Dr. Theophilus b 1738 d 1775, and 76
Abraham. 76 Abraham had ch. 77 EUhu b 1764
d 1831, and 78 Theophilus. 77 Elihu had ch. Na
than, Septimus, and TheophUus.
15 Nathaniel had w Hannah and ch. Nehemiah,
Eunice, Henry and Nathaniel, who had s Edward.
3 Edward d 1699, had w Mary and ch. 79 Joseph,
80 Jonathan, 81 Samuel, 82 Jonah, 83 Edward, 84
Benjamin, 85 Thomas, 86 Mary, 87 Deborah Top
ping, 88 Phebe Halsey and 89 Sarah w Obadiah
Rogers. 79 Joseph b about 1660, m Lydia d of
Deac. Samuel Stocking of Middletown Ct., [she was
b Jan 20 1662-3] and had ch. 90 Zebulon b 1694 d
1761, and 91 James. 90 Zebulon had w Amy and
ch. 92 Silas b May 20 1719, 93 Zebulon b March 3
1721, d 1811 and 94 Mark. 93 Zebulon had w
Joana and ch. 95 Phebe b March 21 1743, w of
Wm. Paine of Boston, 96 SOas, of Portland, Me.,
b July 4 1745, 97 Joana w of Stephen Henick b
Jan. 30, 1747 98 Peter b Dec. 9 1749 99 Mary w
of Silas Cooper, b May 11 1752, 100 Jane w of
George Mackie b Feb 24 1754, lOl Dr George b
June 27 1757, 102 Susana w of John Cooper b April
20 1759, and 103 Capt. OUver b Feb 1 1764 d 1805.
103 Oliver had w Mehetabel d of Stephen Rogers
m Nov 25 1792, and ch. 104 George b Aug 15,
1793, 105 Mary w of Schuyler B. Halsey b Oct. 20
1794, 106 Peter b Aug 27 1797, 107 William R.

FAMILY RECORDS. 245
b Aug 24 1799, 108 Charles b Sept 9 1801 and 109
Nancy b Feb 9 1804. 104 George has w Ursula
Mulford and ch. George Henry, John W,, Elizabeth
and Hairiet, 107 WiUiam R. had Ist w Clarissa
Sayre, and 2d w CaroUne Osborn and ch. Caroline
w of Thos. J. Glover, Clara, Egbert, Susan, Marj'
and WUliam, 108 Charles has w Mary d of Mat
thew Rogers and ch. Rev. George R., Edward 0.,
Nancy R., John Henry, Emily and Juliet, and
Henrietta. 80 Jonathan had ch. 110 Jonathan, 111 Josiah,
112 David, 113 Isaac and 114 Jeremiah. 114 Jere
miah had ch. 115 Jeremiah, 116 Jonathan, 117
Ezekiel and 118 David. 115 Jeremiah had ch. 119
Caleb, [who went to N. Jersey] and 120 Wil
ham of Hog Neck. 120 WiUiam had ch. 121 Caleb,
[T#ho had 8 James L.] 122 Sylvester and 123 George.
82 Jonah had ch. 124 Jonah, 125 Ezra and 126
Samuel, 124 Jonah had ch, 127 Ebenezer and 128
Jonah, (who had ch, Isaac, Jonah, Gilbert and
Ruth w of George White,] 127 Ebenezer had ch.
129 Ebenezer, 130 Samuel, 131 Austin, [who had s
George P. of Penn,] and 132 WiUiam, 129 Ebenezer
had ch, 133 Elias, (who has s Eugene) 134 James,
(who has ch, Elizabeth, Oscar, Charles and George
R.) 135 Peter, 136 Edward, 137 Helen and 138
Jane, 126 Samuel b 1708 had w Experience and
ch. 139 Samuel b 1740 d 1820, 140 Jeremiah b
1748, 141 Benjamin and 142 Walter. 139 Samuel
had w Phebe and ch. 143 WiUiam b 1771 d 1831,
and 144 Sylvanus of Sag Harbor, (who had ch.
Sylvanus and Samuel. 143 WiUiam had ch. 145
34

246 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Edward of B. Hampton and 146 WilUam F. b
1805 d 1842, who had ch. Samuel, Charles W.
and Levi. 142 Walter had ch. 147 Walter, (who
had s Matthew of N. Y. City,) and 148 Samuel, who
had ch. Rev. Samuel N. and William. 85 Thomas
d 1726 had w Sarah and ch. Leah, Rachel, Joshua,
Kesiah, Micah, SybU and EUphus.
4 Richard had w Elizabeth and ch. 149 Richard,
(who had ch. Edward, Christopher, Arthur and
Obadiah) 150 Lieut. Hezekiah b 1677 d 1744, 151
Edward, 152 Edmund, 153 Josiah b 1675 d 1752,
154 Christopher, 155 David and 156 Obadiah, 150
Lieut, Hezekiah m Phebe d of Thos, Halsey, Sept
JiflQ 1702 and hai ch. 157 Hezekiah b May 6 1709,
/ 158 Phebe b Jan 11 1705, 159 Experience b Aug
28 1706, and 160 Jedediah b June 28 1713. 157
Hezekiah m Susana d of Job Sayre 1735, and had
ch. 161 Phebe bJune 6 1737, 162 Jane b April 20,
1739, 163 Hezekiah b Sept 3 1741, and 164 Charles.
163 Hezekiah moved to Orange Co. N. Y. and had
ch. 165 Hezekiah b 1768, and 166 Nathaniel. 165
Hezekiah had ch. 167 Hezekiah, 168 Nathaniel, 169
Matthew, (who has ch Nathaniel W. and Charles,)
170 John Woodhull, (who has s William, Selah
and Theodore) 171 Gabriel, (who has s Edward D.
and John J.) 172 Simeon and 173 Andrew, (who
has s Tiraothy S.) 166 Nathaniel had ch. Alexan
der, Porter, Thomas and Nathaniel W. 164 Charles
moved to Orange Co. N. Y., and ch. 174 Selah, 175
Henry, (who had s William and Andrew,) 176
Charles and 177 Edmund, [who had s Charles, James
and Joseph.]

FAMILY RECORDS. 247
160 Jedediah had ch. 178 EUas, 179 Ebenezer
and 180 Edward. 178 Elias moved to Orange Co.
N. Y., and had ch. 181 Caleb b 1778 d 1825, [who
had s Harvey] 182 Hezekiah and 183 David.
153 Josiah had w Mary and ch. 184 Abner, b
June 22, 1699, 185 Mary, 186 Phebe, 187 Esther,
188 Josiah b 1709 d 1775, 189 Elias and 190 Ann.
184 Abner had ch. 191 DavidJ b Feb 10 1740, 192
Phineas b Nov 5 1742, 193 Eunice b March 20 1744,
194 Maiy b Jan 15 1746, 195 Stephen b Aug 12
1749 and 196 Mehetabel b May 24 1751. 192
Phineas moved to Chester, Morris Co. N. J., where
he had sons Sylvanus, Harvey, Hiram, Aaron and
Richard, who had s Benjamin A.
188 Josiah had ch. 197 Capt. Josiah b 1738 d
1808, 198 John and 199 Elisha, [who was b 1704 d
1777, and had w Mary.] 197 Capt. Josiah had w
Phebe and ch. 200 Josiah P, of Quoque, 201 Hamp
ton, 202 Elisha, 203 William and 204 Daniel. 200
Josiah P. had ch. 205 John, [who has ch. Bertha,
John, Josia and Lydia] and 206 Hampton. 201
Hampton had s Benjamin H. of Brooklyn. 202
Elisha had d Sarah w of Erastus Foster, 203 Wil
liam had s ;fch»-of Bellport. iircdXUu /
198 John had s 207 MitcheU, who had s 208
Charles of West Hampton, who has ch. Fletcher,
Mortimer, Gertrude and Clara M.
155 Da\dd had ch. 209 David b 1715 d 1795, and
210 SUas. 209 David had w Phebe aild ch. 211
David, 212 Stephen, 213 Abraham and 214 Mat
thew b 1756 d 1836. 211 David had ch. 215 David,
216 Charles b 1766 d 1822, 217 SUas and 218 Paul.

248 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
216 Charles of Littleworth, had ch., 219 Henry,
220 John, [who has d Sarah E.] 221 Lewis, 222
Charles and 223 David, [who has s George.]
212 Stephen had ch. 224 David, [who had s Mat
thew] 225 Lewis, of Sag Harbor, and 226 SUas,
who had ch. Nathan P., Augustus and Gilbert, all
of Sag Harbor.
156 Obadiah had s 227 Obadiah, who had ch. 228
Obadiah, 229 Richard, 230 Ryall, 231 James and
232 Sylvanus, (who had ch. Ucal of Ovid, N. Y.,
and Sylvanus.] 228 Obadiah b 1726 d 1793, had
ch. 233 Obadiah, [who had ch. Lewis of Illinois,
Daniel and Henry] 234 Daniel and 235 Henry. 5
Arthur b about 1632, d 1680 had w Hannah and ch,
2.36 Arthur b 1661 d 1683, 237 Abiah b Oct 22
1666, 238 Martha b Sept 24 1668, 239 Eleanor b
Sept 1 1670, 240 Thomason b May 22 1672, 241
Elisha b Sept 18 1674, 242 Lemuel b July 31 1677,
243 Penelope, b Dec 19 1679, and 244 Hannah b
Nov, 7, 1684, 241 Elisha d 1750, had w Damaris.
and ch. 245 Arthur, 246 Elisha, 247 Lemuel, [who
had s Moses] 248 Jesse and 249 PhUip, 245 Arthur
had ch, 250 Elias, 251 Silas, 252 Lemuel, 253 Ar
thur and 254 Frederic. 252 Lemuel had ch. 255.
Caleb and 256 Moses. 255 Caleb had s B. FrankUn,
who had son Henry of B. Hampton. 242 Lemuel
d 1772, had s 257 Lemuel, who had s 258 Henry,
whcr had ch. 259 David, [who had s Col. Levi b
1782 d 1863] 260 Henry, (whose sons removed to
N, J,,) and 261 Levi,
6 Edmund m Sarah d of Thomas Saj-re, and had
d Elizabeth b Oct 10 1669,

FAMn.Y RECORD.S. 249
.ADDITIONAL NOTES.
59 Israel and 60 Ezekiel removed to Moriches,
Israel d about 1 740, w Abigail, 53 Edward removed
to East Haddam Ct., where his descendants now
reside. The relative ages of the sons of 4 Richard
are unknown, though there is reason to think they
are in the following order : Richard, David, Josiah,
Hezekiah, Edward, Obadiah, Christopher, Edmund.
Another family of Howell, in Southold, are de
scended from Richard Howell a son of a widow
HoweU, of England, who m Peter Hallock and came
hither and settled in Southold in 1640.
140 Jeremiah moved to Troy, Morris Co., N. J.,
and thence to Persipany. He died 1846, ae 98. He
had ch. Burnett, Jared, Abraham, Samuel and Mary.
Jared had d who m Rev Mr. Stiles, of Deckertown,
Sussex Co., N. J./j7^^_65_^jaham H. wills to
2nd w Patience, ch. John, Dorothy and Abigail,
and gr. sons David, Silas and Charles. WiU proved
1750. 5 Arthur m 1st Elizabeth d of Lyon Gardiner of
Gardiner's Island, she being the first child of Eng
lish parentage born in the State of New York. Ar
thur lived in Bridge Hampton, as do also his descend
ants. On the tombstone of 65 Abraham, who died in
Sagg, is found the foUowing curious verse :
" Sudden & awfull was ye strokp
By which he was Removed
Unto the fall Fruition of
Tbe God he served and loved,"
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250 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
HUNTTING FAMILY.
This family in Southampton are descended from
the Huntting's of East Hampton. " John Hunt
ting the first of the name who came to this country,
resided while in England, between the Counties, of
Suffolk and Norfolk, and had a brother who was a
minister. He came to this country in Aug. or Sept.
1638, and when the Rev. John AUen was ordained
as minister of the Gospel in Dedham, Mass., John
Huntting was at the same time ordained a Ruling
Elder of the Church." (From address of H.^P.
Hedges.) His wife's name was Severn or Sea Born.
///i-He died in }^92v- Rev. Nathaniel was the first of
the name in East Hampton, and the pastorate of
this able and learned raan was extended through
fifty years of great usefulness.
The coat of arms, as near as I can judge from the
blazon, is as follows : Argent a chevron tenne and
azure bearing three bucks' heads cabossed or, between
three talbots passant proper. Crest a talbot sejant
tenne issuing from a wreath or and azure — holding a
bucks' head cabossed or. Given to Hunton of East
Knoyle, Co. of WUts.
1 Elder John d 1682, had ch. 2 John, 3 Jonathan,
b 1640, and 4 Matthew b 1648. 2 John had ch. 5
John b May 30 1672, 6 Thoraas b March 24 1674,
7 Rev. Nathaniel b Nov 15 1675, 8 Esther b Nov.
19 1677, 9 Rebecca b Jan 14 1679, 10 Sarauel b
March 14 1681, 11 Elizabeth b Feb 2 1683, 12
Ebenezer b Jan 1 1684, 13 Stephen b May 14 1688,
and 14 Jonathan b Jan 27 1690. 7 Rev. Nathaniel
d 1753 m Mary Green of Boston, and had ch. 15

FAMILY RECORDS. 251
Nathaniel b Aug 1702, 16 Edward b Feb 1704, 17
Mary b May 1706, 18 John b Sept 1707, 19 Samuel
of Southampton b April 1710 d 1773, 20 Joseph b
.March 1711, 21 Mary b Sept 1713, 22 Jonathan b
Oct 1714, and 23 Elizabeth b Oct 1718. 19 Samuel
had w Zerviah, and s 24 Col. Benjamin b 1754 d
1807, who had w Mehetabel and ch. 25 Samuel, 26
Benjamin, 27 Deac. Edward b 1800 d 1856, 28
Mary w of Luther D. Cook, 29 Gilbert, 30 William,
and 31 Henry. 27 Deac. Edward had 1st w Har
riet d of Thomas Sayre and had ch. 32 Rev. Samuel,
33 James R., 34 Henry E., 35 Sarah N., (w Rev.
Charles B. Ball, and after his death, of Mr. Bart
lett, of Lee, Mass.) 36 William J. and 37 Gilbert
C. Deac. Edward had 2nd w Phebe and s Charles.
32 Rev. Samuel m Emma d of Daniel Halsey and
had s Samuel. 33 James R. m Martha d of John
White, and has d Martha J. 34 Henry E. m Caro
line Hildreth Foster, and has ch. Mary and Adelaide.
37 Gilbert C. m Annetta d of Halsey Foster, and
has 8 Edward. 29 Gilbert had ch. Bessie, Mary,
Harriet, Gilbert and Robert V. 30 WUUam had
1st w Ann Foster, and 2nd w Cornelia Herrick, and
ch. William F., Benjamin, Hannah, Nancy and
Edward. 31 Henry had ch. Cornelius, Samuel K.,
and Phedora. .lAGGER FAMILY.
1 John Jagger settled here, a young man, some
time between 1649 and 1653. Nothing could be
ascertained of his movements prior to his appear
ance in Southampton. He had ch. 2 John, 3 Sarah
b July 21 1669, and 4 Jeremiah. 2 John had w

252 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Haflnah and ch. 5 John, 6 S&rah, 7 Elizabeth, 8
Susana, 9 Jonathan, 10 Benjamin and 11 SamUel-b
1726 d 1785. 5 John had son 12 Nathaniel, who
had eh. 13 Kfeithaniel, (who had s Nathaniel) and
14 DavicTy 14 David had ch. 15 David, (who had
-eh. Eliza w -of John- Burnett and S Herman) ,16
Stephen, 17 Hervey, 18 Daniel, and 19 FrankUn,
(who has ch. David and others.) 9 Jonathan had w
Bethia and 20 Matthew, 21 Stephen and 22 Ebenezer.
21 Stephen had ch. 23 Deac. Enoch, 24 David and
25 Jonathan. 23 Deac. Enoch had by 1st w Hetty
Fanning, ch. 26 Stephen, 27 Enoch F., 28 Hannah,.
29 Betsey and 30 Harriet, and by 2nd w Abigail
Post, ch. 31 James, 32 Ann, 33 Hetty, 34 Daniel,
35 WiUiam, 36 Mary, 37 Phebe and 38 Ezra. U
Daniel had ch. IsabeUa w of Daniel Cook, Mary E.,
Elizabeth F., Hattie J., Miriam W., Edith and
Enoch M. 24 David had s Williara now living in
Riverhead. 25 Jonathan had ch. Cejibas and Oliver,
who has s Seth R. of West Hampton. 22 Ebenezer
had ch. 39 Ebenezer b 1776 d 1849, and 40 Lewis.
39 Ebenezer had ch. 41 Lewis, (who has s Oscar)
and William. 40 Lewis had s Albert, who has ch.
Waltei-, Anna, Clara, Harriet and Mary.
11 Samuel had w Deborah and s James b 1740 d
1833, who had w Jane and s Samuel b 1775 d 1845,
who had s Rev'd Hampton, -who has ch. Rosa w of
D*. Edward R. Post, EUiot and  . 4 Jeremiah
had ch. 42 Williara, 43 Jeremiah b 1690 d 1736, 44
John, 45 Nathan, and 46 Daniel. 42 WilUam had
eh. 47 Jeremiah and 48 Jehiel, who had ch. WiUiam,
Walter, Augu.stus and Charies) 47 Jeremiah had d

FAMILY RECORDS. 253
Clara, who m and had d Ghwai w of W. T, Jones.
45 Nathan had s Jeremiah, who had sfc, Jeremialij7»~ju
Samuel above b 1775 had, besides Rev. S. Harapton, ^^
ch. Jane w of Sylvanus White, Mary w of Austin ';s^
Henick, Phebe w of Jeremiah Squires, Maria w of ^Jl
Jesse Terry and Deborah. lENNINGtS FAMILY.
John Jennings, the first of this name, ajipears
first on the Ust of 1657. He was then a young
man, or else, possibly, he came with an adult son
John. He was from Hartford, Ct., and settled in
North Sea. Assuming that only one John came
here, and he a young man, the genealogy is as fol
lows, though it may appear irregular, in the num
ber of generations of the different branches, yet
snch irregularity exists in fact arising from early
marriages in one branch and late ones in another :
1 John had ch. 2 WUliam and 3 Samuel. 2 Wil
liam d 1746 and had w Mary and ch. 4 John, 5 Wil
liam, 6 Thomas b 1701 d 1768, [who had w Sybil
but no ch.] and 7 Mary. 4 John d 1759, had w
EUzabeth and ch. 8 John, 9 Anne, 10 Elizabeth,
11 Zebulon, 12 Naomi, 13 Sarah, 14 Phebe, 15 Abi
gail, and 16 Stephen. 11 Zebulon had s George
who had ch. Lewis and Julia. 5 William had ch.
17 Sylvanus, 18 Elias and 19 Israel. 17 Sylvanus
had ch. 20 WiUiam b 1764 d 1845, 21 Nicholas b
1766 d 1837, and 22 Sylvanus, [who had son David
of Sag Harbor.] 20 WilUam bad w Naomi and s
Paul, who had s Jared, who has ch. Kate, Gilbert
and Edson. 18 Elias had ch. 23 Elias b 1780 d
36

254 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
1849, 24 Purple and 25 Webb, [who removed] 23
Elias had ch. 26 Wickham, [who has ch. EUen,
Lawrence, Kate, Abbie, Albert and Emma] 27
Elias, 28 Andrew and 29 Albert.
3 Samuel d 1760, had ch. 30 Samuel and 31
Jesse. 30 Samuel d 1782, had w Rachel and ch.
32 Samuel b 1747 d 1827, 33 James b 1748 d 1822,
34 Joshua, 35 Caleb of New .Jersey, 36 Silas, 37
Ananias and 38 Phebe. 33 James had w Sarah and
s Daniel who has ch. Mary, Nancy, Erama, Louisa,
Augustus and Edwin. .JESSUP FAMILY.
John Jessup the first of this name is fii-st recorded
in the list of 1653. Thomas his son, died, a young
man, Sept 12 1684, leaving w .Mary and one ch.
Thoraas b Aug 23 1684, and d Dec 8 of the same
year. 1 John had ch. 2 John, 3 Thomas and 4
Mary. 2 John had ch. 5 Elizabeth b AprU 3 1670,
6 John b Sept 27 1671, 7 Isaac b Oct 12 1673 d
1754, 8 Jereraiah b March 4 1678, 9 Henry b .March
12 1681, 10 Mary b March 2 1683, and 11 Hannah
b Jan 2 1685. 7 Isaac had w Abigail and ch. 12
John b Oct 25 1698, 13 Nathaniel, 14 AbigaU, 15
Lewis and 16 Stephen. 12 John had w Phebe and
ch. 17 Sarah b Jan 6 1725, 18 Abigail b Feb. 27
1727, 19 Ann b Feb. 23 1730, 20 .Tohn b AprU 20
1734, 21 Nathan b Sept 30 1736, 22 Hannah b Dec
3 1739, and 23 Stephen b AprU 12 1743. 20 John
had w Mary Halsey and ch 24 Isaac b March 11
1757, 25 Matthew b Feb 25 17.59, 26 Mary b April
2 1761, 27 Martha b Nov 21 1763, 28 Phebe, 29

FAMILY RECOUD.S. 255
Charity b March 22 1766, 30 Susana b Feb 17
1771, 31 Dency b Oct 21 1774, and .32 Sylvanus b
Feb 14 1779. 25 Matthew had Ist vv Keturah and
ch. 33 Martha and 34 Cynthia, and 2nd w Mercy
SchfUinger and ch. 35 John S. of West Hampton,
and 3d wife Eunice Herrick, and ch. 36 Henry H.,
37 Ann, 38 Hannah, 39 Jane, 40 Edward, and 41
Fanning, 35 John S. has ch. Nathan, Frank, Isaac,
Mercator and Sarah ,M. 15 Lewis d 1760, had ch.
Silas, AbigaU and Ruth. 9 Henry had w Bethia
and 8 42 Deac. Thomas b Feb 28 1720-1, who had
1st w Mehetabel who d Jan 31 1768, age 48, and
m 2nd w Sybil 1770 and had ch. 43 Henry b June
25 1743, 44 Thomas b March 21 1745, 45 Meheta
bel b May 18 1747, 46 Jeremiah b Aug 14 1749,
47 Bethia b Sept 12 1751, 48 Zebulon b Sept 15
1755, 49 Ebenezer b March 28 1759, and 50 Daniel
b July 27 1761. 43 Henry of Quogue d 1824, m
Jane d of Hugh Raynor and had ch. 51 Mehetabel
b July 23 1770, 52 Sarah b Dec 22 1772, 53 Lewis
b Nov 22 1774, 54 Henry b Aug 11 1776, 55 Silas .
b March 10 1779, g«(- Apollos b Sept 13 1782, .57 ^V
Ruth b July 30 1786, and 58 Ebenezer b Sept 16
1789. 55 Silas d 1841, m Susan Raynor, and had
ch. 59 Egbert b June 16 1818, (who has ch. Susan,
Fanny and Silas) 60 Williara b Nov 21 1819, d
1852, and 61 Mary b Feb 20 1821. 48 Major Zeb
ulon d 1822, had w Zerviah and ch. 62 Harriet, 63
William and 64 S. Huntting, who had ch. Zebulon
and Elizabeth w of George Post. 63 William H.
L.L.D., moved to Montrose Pa., and his name has
since becorae honored in church and state. He had

256 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
ch. Jane, Mary, Haniet, WiUiam, Rev. Henry H.,
Samuel, Fanny, Annie, George A. and Huntting.
JONES FAMILY.
Edward Johnes, as the name was anciently written,
is found here as early as Feb 1644, when a home
lot is granted to him, provided he bring his family
and remain. None of this family are now found in
the village, though representatives of it stiU live in
B. Hampton. 1 Edward d between 1653 and 1657
had s 2 Samuel, grown, perhaps 30 years old, in
1644, (he was not living in 1685) who had ch. 3
Deac. Samuel b 1673 d 1760, and 4 Ephraim. 3
Samuel had w Esther and s 5 Samuel, who m Han
nah d of Christopher Foster Oct 2 1715, and had
ch. 6 Hannah b Dec 16 1716, 7 Esther b Jan 12
1718, 9 Phebe b Sept 19 1721, 10 Foster b Oct 13
1723, 11 Mary b Nov 19 1726, 12 EUzabeth b May
30 1729, 13 AbigaU b Feb 13 1731, and 14 Samuel
b Jan 1 1733. 14 Samuel had ch. 15 Obadiah, and
16 WiUiam. 15 Obadiah had ch. William of N.
York, and Thomas of Southampton.
LUDLOW FAMILY.
The first of this name, anciently written Ludlam,
and even as late as 1770, is William, who is found
in the list of 1653; Anthony is named in the Ust
of 1657. They appear to be nearly of tbe same
age, and probably were brothers. Anthony's family
very early reraoved to Bridge Hampton, while one
branch of William's descendants Uved in Water-
mill. Some of the familv removed to New Jersey.

FAMILY RECORDS. 257
1 William had ch. 3 William and 4 Henry, (who
was not Uving in 1692.) 4 Henry had ch. 5 Henry
b Jan 8 1669, d 1737 and 6 William. 5 Henry had
w Rachel and ch. 7 Abigail, 8 Henry, 9 Jerenaiah,
10 Deborah, 11 David, 12 Rachel, 13 Jane, 14
Mercy and 15 WUliam. 8 Henry d 1761, had ch.
16 Jeremiah, 17 Jemima, 18 Silas, 19 Rachel, 20
Henry, 21 Mary, 22 Stephen and 23 Sarah. 16
Jeremiah had ch. 24 Isaac and 25 John. 24 Isaac
had ch. Jeremiah, Isaac and Sylvanus. 25 John of
Southampton had ch. Lucinda, Marietta and Charles
A. 6 WilUam d 1732, had w Sarah and ch. Wil
liam, Nehenuah, Sarah, Phebe and Martha. 2 An
thony had ch. 26 Anthony b 1652 d 1682, 27 Jo
seph, (who removed to Oyster Bay) and 28 Henry.
26 Anthony had w Sarah and s 29 Anthony b 1670
d 1723, who had 1st w Patience, 2nd w Abigail,
and s 30 Anthony. 30 Anthony died 1759, had w
Zerviah and ch. 31 Anthony, 32 Samuel, 33 Mary
and 34 Ann. 31 Anthony d 1809, had w Elizabeth
and ch. 35 Anthony b 1781 d 1843, 36 Elias, (who
had 8 E. Jones) 37 Mary Rose, 38 Hannah Halsey,
39 Zerviah Cook, 40 Elizabeth, 41 Jerusha, 42 Reah,
43 Abraham and 44 Bil'gah. 35 Anthony had ch.
45 Charles Anthony, (who has s Anthony) 46 Jesse,
47 Augustus, 48 Lafayette and 49 Samuel, who,
while master of the Ship Gov. Clinton of N. Y.,
was lost, with aU hn board, in the Japan Sea, about
1836. LUPTON FAMILY.
This name has long disappeared from Southamp
ton viUage, but has still some representatives in
37

258 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Bridge Hampton. The name of 1 Christopher Lup
ton appears first on the list of 1657. He had w
Abigail and ch. 2 John and 3 Joseph. 2 John d
1716, had w Hannah, and ch. 4 John, 5 Chi-istopher,
6 Josiah, 7 David, 8 Sarah, 9 Hannah and 10
Mary, 4 John had ch. John, David, Rachel, Abi
gail and Mary. 3 Joseph had s Thomas who had
w Mary and s Christopher. MACKIE FAMILY.
1 Dr. John Mackie came to Southampton from
-Dundee, in Scotland. He was a cotemporary of the
4th and 5th generations of the Southampton peo
ple. He was b 1695 and d 1758 leaving w Mehet
abel and ch. 2 George b 1737, d 1813, 3 Peter, 4
David b 1738 d 1819, and 5 Andrew, who removed,
2 George m Jane d of Zebulon HoweU, and had s
George, 4 David had ch. Peter, William, Susan,
Hannah and Elizabeth w of a Mr, Allen, (who had
ch. John and WilUam.) M.4.RSHALL FAMILY.
1 Joseph MarshaU the first of this name came
here subsequent to 1667. He had w EUaabeth and
d 1685, leaving ch. 2 Joseph b Oct 3 1680, and S
Benjamin b Oct 15 1682 d 1752. 3 Benjamin had
w Elizabeth and ch. 4 John, 5 Esther and 6 Joseph.
4 John or 6 Joseph, (uncertain which) had s Joseph,
who had s Gamaliel, who had ch. James and Syl
vanus. McCORKELL FAMILY.
About -the year 1816, Jaraes McCorkell came to

FAMILY RECORDS. 259
Southampton from Ireland, and purchased a farm
in the north end of the main street. His children
were Samuel, James, WUUam, Andrew, Margaret,
Robert, Joseph and Mary. Samuel m Mary d of
Albert Rogers. WiUiam m Hairiet Topping and
removed to Wisconsin. Andrew, Robert and Joseph,
also moved west. James died at sea.
MITCHELL FAMILY.
John Mitchell the first of this family is first men
tioned in the list of 1698, with s John and w or d
-Sarah, The family resided in Bridge Hampton, In
1686 John M, of East Hampton, bought 20 acres
ef land in Mecox, of Mary wid, of Samuel MiUs, I
John b 1660 d 1717 had s 2 John b 1684 d 1762,
2 John had w Phebe and s 3 John b 1719 d 1774,
3 John had w Mehetabel and ch, 4 Phebe b 1759, 5
Stephen b 1762, and 6 James b 1765 d 1815, 5
Stephen had ch, 7 Nathaniel and 8 John. 7 Na
thaniel had ch. Stephen and Edward b 1833. 6
James had ch. 9 Mary, 10 Samuel, 11 Phebe, w of
Hugh Halsey, 12 Edward, (who has ch. James and
John) and 13 Catherine w of Jesiah Post.
MOREHOUSE FAMILY.
John Morehouse is found first on the Ust of 1683.
He lived in Bridge Hampton, and had s John who
had ch. Nathan, Gideon and John, the two latter of
whom moved away to parts unknown. As none of
this family are known to be now living in South-
aiapton, a complete genealogy is, of course, beyond
the power of the writer to give.

260 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
PARKER FAMILY.
One family of this name li-ving in Bridge Hamp
ton is descended from 1 Jereraiah P. who came here
from Wales. He had s Jeremiah who had ch. 2
Matilda w of E. Reed of Newburg N. Y., 3 Hul-
dah w of Geo. Lugar of Mystic Ct., 4 John of Vir
ginia, and 5 Rodney of B. Hampton, [who has ch.
James L., John, William H. b 1836, Phebe, Elenora,
Laura, Clarissa, Margaret, Emily and Sarah.]
PARSONS FAMILY.
This is one of the oldest families of East Hamp
ton, from whence 12 Charles Parsons came to South
ampton. He m Eleanor d of Stephen Harris, and
had ch. Mary w of Dr. Gildersleeve of Port Jef
ferson, L. I., and Sarah J. w of Charles White 6f
Southampton. 1 Samuel of E. Harapton had ch.
2 Samuel, 3 John and 4 Robert. 3 John had 8 5
Seth b 1665 d 1725. 5 Seth had s 6 John b 1705
d 1793, who had s 7 EInathan, who had eh. 8 EI
nathan^ (who had ch. -Rev. Hemy M. and Charles)
9 Solon, 10 Nathaniel, 11 WiUiam D., 12 Charies,
13 Phebe D. and 14 Jonathan.
PELLETREAU FAMILY.
Among the many thousands driven from their na
tive land by persecutions earned on by the papal
power in France, immediately following the revoca
tion of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, were the Pel-
letreau's of La Rochelle, where this family appear
to have originated, their ancestors, according to tra
dition, having taken an active part in the famous

FAMILY RECORDS. 261
defense of that city against the forces of Richelieu.
The emigres consisted of 1 Jean Pelletreau and his
wife Magdalena, their nephew 2 Jean, and 3 Elie, the
latter having at the time of his arrival two sons, 4
Jean and Elie, (which names were soon Anglicised
into John and Elias.)
/yoi
[Autograph of Elie Pelletieau.l
I JeanwasnaturaUzedinN. Y. Sep 22 1687, andd 1700
and w Magdalena in 1702 without ch. 2 John d in
1702 or 3 without ch. and he and his bro. Elias
were naturalized July 10 1696. All of this family
were members of the French Church in New York,
and in their wills left legacies for the support of the
poor of the congregation. In the troubles of the
church in 1724, among the adherents of Rev. Lewis
Row, as against the party for Rev. Mr. Mouliner,
were Elie, Elias Jr., Paul, and Francis PeUetreau.
Boc. Hist. N. Y.
[Autograpli of Fraacis PeUetreau.]
3 Elias d 1730 and had ch. 4 EUas, 5 Francis,
6 Paul, 7 John, and 8 Beniamin. 4 Elias had
38

262 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
s 9 Elias who had ch. 10 Elias, 11 Mary, 12
Samuel and 13 John. 10 Elias had ch. 14
Rachel, 15 George, 16 Mary, 17 John, 18 Elias,
19 Elizabeth and 20 Jane. 18 Elias had ch.
21 Charles, 22 Joana, 23 Catherine, 24 Joseph, 25
EUza, 26 WiUiam, 27 Ann, 28 Mary, 29 Eleanor,
30 Amanda, 31 John E., 32 Cornelius D., (who had
ch. Nellie and Joseph) and 33 Edward, (who has
ch. Edward, Florence and Ida.) 21 Charles had ch.
34 Sarah A., 35 Evelyn, 36 Helen, 37 Charles H.
(who has ch. Frances and Charles H.) 38 Kate R.,
39 John E. and 40 Stephen. 31 John E. had ch.
41 Isabel, 42 William, (who has ch. WUliam and
Lizzie) 43 John, (who has s John) 44 Marj', 45
Ella, 46 Charles, 47 Frank, 48 Harry and 49 Clara,
13 John had ch, Susan, Jenny and John, 5 Francis
came to Southampton in 1720, and purchased the
horaestead of Samuel Woodruff, which was then in
occupation of Stephen Boyer, mentioned in another
place. 5 Francis d in London Sept 27 1737, and
hadch. 50 Hannah, 51 Capt. EUas b 1726 d 1810,
and 52 Mary. 51 Capt. Elias had w Sarah and ch.
53 Francis, 54 John b 1755 d 1822, 55 Hugh, 56
Jane and 57 Elias. 54 John had w Mary and ch.
58 WiUiam S., 59 Nathaniel, 60 Charles, 61 Edwin,
and 62 John, 58 WiUiam S. had ch. 63 Jane, 64
Albert, 65 Alexander, (who has Josephine and Wil
liam A.) 66 Mary G., 67 Fanny, 68 WUliam S., 69
Hugh, 70 Gilbert, (who had d Frances M.) and 71
Helen. 59 Nathaniel had ch. Walter, Mary and
Maria. 57 Elias had w Hannah and ch. 72 Francis,
(who has ch. Hemy and Cornelia) 73 Elias and 74

FAMILY RECORDS. 263
Maltby. 73 Elias had s Jesse W. of Moriches, who
has ch. Mary, Jessie and Legrand. 74 Maltby had
ch. 75 Elias H., 76 Maltby and 77 William", who
had s WiUiam. 51 Capt. Elias PeUetreau in his
last sickness fell into a trance. He lay many hours
insensible and appai-ently dead. He was aroused at
last by the efforts of his friends, and looking up, he
said, "Why do you bring back the dead to the liv
ing ? 1 have heard and seen things unutterable ! "
Saying this he fell again into a repose, and died soon
after. Those around him were dumb with astonish
ment. His minister. Rev, Mr. Bogart, always re
gretted he had not then been caUed in.
PIERSON FAMILY.
Henry Pierson, the ancestor of the families of this
name, now living in the town, came during the first
or second year of the settlement. It is not known
what, if any, relationship existed between him and
Rev. Abraham Pierson, of whom an account has
been given in the seventh chapter. His descendants
are numerous, though but one family of this name
resides in the village of Southam]. ton at the present
time. Like all or nearly all of the first settlers,
Mr. Henry Pierson was a Christian. In his own
handwriting [and he was a fine penman and town
clerk for many years,] on the town Records, penned
doubtless in a devout frame of mind, is found the
foUowing : '¦ Jehovah I upou thee call !
O make thou baste to me,
And hearken thou unto my voyce,
When I do orye to thee."

264 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
I Henry d 1680, had w Mary and ch. 2 Joseph, 3
Henry b 1652 d 1701, 4 Benjamin, (who removed to
Elizabeth, N. Jersey.) 5 Theodore and 6 Sarah b
Jan 20 1660. 2 Joseph Nov. 17 1675 m Amy
Barnes, and had ch. 7 Amy b Oct 28 1676, 8 Henry
b April 17, 1678, 9 Mary b June 12, 1680, 10 Jo
seph b Aug 6 1682, 11 Ephraim b Jan 20 1687, and
12 Samuel b Feb 24 1690. 8 Henry m AbigaU Lud
lam June 11 1702, and had ch. 13 Henry b Feb 1
1704, 14 WiUiam b April 1 1706, 15 Azel b Sept
13 1708, 16 John b Dec. 20 1710, 17 EU b Dec 30
1712, 18 AbigaU b Feb 28 1714, 19 Amy b Oct 11
1716, and 20 Samuel b March 15 1721. 20 Samuel
had ch. 21 Timothy and 22 Samuel. 21 Timothy
had ch. 23 James, 24 Charies, 25 Eli, 26 Timothy
and 27 WUliam. 23 James had ch. 28 WiUiam, 29
James, [who had ch. Edward and Alice] 30 Henry,
31 Philetus, [who has ch. James H., Harriet w of
Jetur R. Rogers and Mary] and 32 MiUcent Wick.
10 Joseph had ch. 33 Joseph b Feb 3 1707, 34
Sarah b Feb 13 1709, 35 Phebe b July 2 1711, 36
Benjamin b Feb 5 1714, 37 Daniel b June 30 1716,
and 38 Hannah b March 6 1719. 3 Henry had w
Susana and ch. 39 John b 1685 d 1705, 40 David b
1688, 41 Theophilus b 1690 d 1742, 42 Abraham b
1693 and 43 Josiah b 1695 d 1776. 40 David had
s 44 Lemuel b 1717, who had w Martha and ch. 45
Lemuel b 1744 d 1821, 46 David b 1751 d 1829,
and 47 Isaac b 1758, who had ch. Elisha b 1781,
Eleazer b 1785, and Maltby b 1795. 45 Lemuel
had ch. Henry and Franklin, 46 David had w
Susana and s 48 Jesse b 1780 d 1840, who had w

F.VMILY RECORDS. 265
Elizabeth aud ch. David b 1801, George, Robei4
and James. 41 Theophilus had ch. 49 Henry, 50
Nathan b 1723 d 1810 and 51 Stephen b 1729. 49
Henry d 1783, bad ch. 52 Shadrach, [who had ch.
Henry, Moses, Janies, Joseph and Rufus] and 53
James b 1750 who had s Sylvanus. 50 Nathan had
w AWgail and ch. 54 Nathan, 55 Zechariah, [who
had 8 James] and 56 Jeremiah. 51 Stephen had
ch. 57 Theophilus b 1743, and 58 Elias. 57
Theophilus had ch. 59 Elias, 60 Charles, [who had
8 Henry] 6 1 Jeremiah, 62 Paul, [who had ch. James
F. and Charies F.] 63 Harvey and 64 Solon. 42
Abraham had w Prudence and ch. 65 Matthew b
1744, [who had ch. Hiram and Silas] 66 Silas, 67
William and 68 Zebulon. 68 Zebulon had ch. 69
John, 70 Abraham, [who had ch. Huntting, Isaac,
and Eliphalet] and 71 D. WiUiam, [who had ch.
Nathan, John and Stephen.] 43 Josiah had w
Martha and ch. 72 SUas, 73 Matthew b 1725 d 1798,
74 Sylvanus, 75 Paul, 76 Timothy b 1731, 77 Jo
siah, 78 Joseph, 79 Benjamin and 80 John. 73
Matthew had w Phebe and s Henry, who had ch.
Josiah and Joseph.
5 Theodore had ch. 81 Job b 1697 d 1788 and 82
John. 81 Job had w Hannah and ch. 83 Lemuel b
1723 and 84 David. 83 Lemuel had ch. 85 Samuel
b 1753, and 86 WiUiam b 1762, (who had ch. Ter-
riU, Alfred b 1793, T. Jefferson and Hiram.) 85
Samuel had ch. Dayton and Job. 82 John had ch,
87 Daniel, 88 Stephen and 89 Jedediah. 87 Daniel
had ch. 90 Job b 1758, [who had ch. James, Halsey,
and Alanson) and John b 1772 d 1853, [who Wd w
39

266 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Hannah and ch. Nathaniel, John, and Daniel H.]
88 Stephen had ch. James and John. - 89 Jedediah
had ch. 91 Caleb b 1764 d 1834, 92 Daniel, 93 Gor
don, (who has ch. Elihu and Theodore) and 94
Peleg. POST FAMILY.
Richard Post appears first in this town in May
1643, when he receives a home lot from the pro
prietors. In the latter part of his life he appears
to have given his home to his son Joseph, and he
lived with a daughtei- and son-in-law until his death
in 1689. 1 Richard had w Dorothy and ch. 2 John,
3 Thomas and 4 Joseph b 1649 d 1721. 2 John
had ch. 5 Capt John b 1674 d 1741, 6 Jeremiah
and 7 Richard. 5 Capt. John had ch. 8 John, 9
Joseph b 1704 d 1780, and 10 Isaac b 1712 d 1785.
8 John had ch. 11 John, 12 James and 13 Abraham.
12 James had w Mary and ch. 14 WiUiam, 15
James and 16 Caleb. 15 James m Hannah d of
Obadiah Rogers and had ch. 17 William R., (who
had ch. James H. and Edward R.) 18 Mary, 19
Jane, w of Rev. Hugh N. Wilson D. D., 20 Julia
A., 21 Edwin, (who has ch. Harriet R., Hem-y and
William) 22 Phebe and 23 Henry. 13 Abraham
had ch. 24 Oliver and 25 Abraham. 24 Oliver had
ch. 26 George 0. of Quogue, and 27 Josiah H., (who
had 8 George E.) 25 Abraham had s John of
Quogue. 9 Joseph had w Bethia and ch. 28 Stephen,
29 Joseph, 30 Jeremiah, 31 Nathan b 1748 d 1803,
and 32 Henry H. 28 Stephen had ch. 33 George,
34 Keziah, 35 Howell, 36 Abital, and 37 Stephen.
33 George had ch. William H. of California, Hunt-

FAMILY RECORDS. 267
ting J., of Palmyra N. Y., George, Nathan, Albert
J., Sarah E., Charles, Mary H., Frederic, Peter and
George. 37 Stephen who must have been the
oldest ch. of 28 Stephen, had s William, who has
ch. Ann E., Harriet, Mary and others. 30 Jeremiah
had w Mehetabel, and s Samuel b 1766 d 1846, who
had w Cynthia and d Elizabeth w of Albert
Reeve. 31 Nathan had w Mehetabel and s Lodowick, who
had s Robert b 1806 d 1849, who had s Nathan of
B. Hampton. PROUD FAMILY.
John Proud started from England in May 1817 in
a packet ship on which were many passengers,
among whom was George Bowden before mentioned.
On their voyage they met with hard winds and
storms which continually drove them from their
course. They were 110 days on their passage, and
all on board were put on short rations. At length,
suffering for want of food, ten of the passengers,
among whora were Messrs. Proud and Bowden,
requested the captain to set thera ashore on the first
land they made. This proved to be Montauk Point
where they were landed, and the two above men
tioned, remained and settled in Southampton. By
their own testimony they met the kindest of friends
in the people of Montauk and Amagansett, who re
lieved all their necessities, and sent them on their
way rejoicing. John Proud m Phebe Brown and
had ch. Phebe w of William F. White, and Henry
who now resides in Bridgeport, Ct.

268 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
RAYNOR FAMILY.
According to Savage jThurston Raynor came from
Ipswich, Co. of Suffolk, 1634, with w Elizabeth
aged 36, and he 40, andch. Thurston 13, Joseph 11,
Elizabeth 9, Sarah 7, and Lydia 1. Went to
Watertown, Mass., thence to Wethersfield Ct. in
1638, thence to Stamford in 1641, and if he is the
Thurston of Southampton, from Stamford to New
Haven, since the first settler- of Southampton, ap
pears to have come from the latter city. He died
about 1667, leaving w Martha, and besides the chil
dren above, a d Deborah. The Town records seems
to confirm this statement of Savage, and the ge
nealogy on this theory is as follows : 1 Thurston
had Ist w EUzabeth and 2d w Martha and d 1667,
leaving ch. 2 Thurston b 1621, 3 Joseph b 1623 d
about 1682, 4 EUzabeth b 1625, 5 Sarah b 1627, 6
Lydia b 1633, and 7 Deborah. 2 Thurston had w
Martha and s 8 Jonathan b about 1650, who m
Sarah Pierson June 2 1680, and had s 9 Jonathan
b March 4 1681 d 1741, who m Irene Herrick July
27 1704, and had ch. 10 Jonathan and 1 1 David b
Jan 18 1705-6, 12 Adonijah b Aug 24 1708, 13
Elihu b Nov 18 1710, 14 Sarah b March 18
1713, 15 Nathan b Feb 14 1717, 16 WiUiam b Oct
1 1719, and 17 Henry b June 9 1722. 12 Adonijah
had s 18 Adonijah, who had ch. 19 Oliver, 20
Catherine w of Mr. Wade, 21 George, 22 Sylvanus,
23 Abigail, 24 Rebecca, 25 William and 26 Charies,
3 Joseph had ch, 27 Thurston, (\\dio had w Sarah
and d. Mary) 28 John, 29 Isaac, 30 Elizabeth and
31 Josiah.

FAMILY RECORDS. 269
REEVES F.iMILY.
Thomas and James Reeves, brothers, came to
America in 1660. They settled in Southold where
Jam^s remained, but Thomas soon after 1667, re
moved to Southampton and settled. The descend
ants of James in Southold, write the name Reeve.
1 Thomas d 1685 had w Rebecca and ch. 2 John
b July 15 1673, 3 Rebecca b March 1 1676, 4 Thomas
b Oct 3 1679, 5 Hannah b Feb 9 1681, and 6 Abi
gail b Sept 22 1684. 2 John had w Rachel and s 7
Stephen, who had ch. 8 John and 9 David b 1741.
8 John had ch. 10 John, 11 Edward, 12 Abraham,
13 Jesse and 14 Thomas, (who had s James.) ll
Edward had w Lucretia and ch. 15 Henry, (who
has ch. Edward C. and Albert C.) 16 Lemuel, who
has ch. Henry A. and others), 17 Albert, (who has
ch. Samuel P. and Elizabeth) 18 Augustus, and 19
Harriet w of James Howell. 9 David m Hannah,
Dec 9 1768, and had ch. Charlotte b Feb 25 1770,
ApoUos b Sept 2 1771, and David b AprU 29 1779.
4 Thomas had s 20 David b 1725 who mighthave
been the brother of 2 1 Bethuel who in 1758 appears
in North Sea. 21 Bethuel must have been the son
of either 2 John or 4 Thomas, and had ch. 22 Joel
b 1755 d 1831, 23 Daniel and 24 Jereraiah. 22
Joel had w Anna and ch. 25 Bethuel, 26 Rumsey,
27 Wines, 28 Jeremiah, (who had ch. Jetur, Barna
bas, Jeremiah, Frances, Bethuel, Josephine, Char-
httte and Charles) and 29 Jetur.
ROGERS FAMILY.
1 William Rogers or Rodgers as the name is some
times written on the Town Records, is mentioned as
40

270 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
a resident from 1642, to, at least, March 1645-6.
In 1645 the Gen. Court make him a grant of land.
In 1649 he is made freeman. He appears to have
had a home in Hempstead, for a few years previous
to 1649. From 1649 to 16.55 we find him an inhab
itant of Southampton, and after this disappears al
together. Nor can any will of his be found on
record. Subsequent to 1655 Obadiah Rogers is
mentioned as residing on the same homestead that
William had occupied. In 1669 Widow Ann
Rogers of Hunttington makes a will, leaving ch. 2
Obadiah, 3 John, 4 Samuel, 5 Mary, 6 Hannah and
7 Noah : of these 2 Obadiah is called the oldest and
is spoken of as living- in Southarapton. Now it is
probable that 1 William gave the Southampton
homestead to Obadiah about 1655, and with his w
and younger ch. removed to Huntilington where he
might have resided several years. 3 John and 7
Noah removed to Branford, Ct., and in the earliest
deeds there recorded in which they are grantees of
land, they are mentioned as " late of Hunt^^tlngton
L. I." John left no issue. These two brothers
received a large inheritance from their father as ap-
years from the Branford Records. 2 Obadiah d be
tween 1687 and 1690, had w Mary and ch. 8 Oba
diah b 1655 d 1729, 9 Mary, 10 Sarah Hakelton, 11
EUzabeth, 12 Patience, 13 Jonah and 14 Zechariah.
8 Obadiah had w Mary and s 15 Capt. Obadiah b
1699 d 1783, who had w AbigaU and ch. 16 Stephen
b May 6 1722, 17 Mehetabel b Jan. 30 1725, 18
James b Dec 12 1729, 19 MiUcent b June 5 1732,
20 Ruth b Sept 8 1734, 21 Mary b Sept 27 1736,

FAMILY RECORDS. 271
22 Phebe b Feb 1 1738, and 23 Zephaniah b June
25 1742. 16 Stephen m Phebe Feb 23 1744 and
had ch. 24 Obadiah b Feb 10 1745, 25 Abigail b
Sept 7 1746, 26 Gabriel b March 25 1748, 27 Cor
nelius b Nov 14 1750, 28 Silas b June 8 1752. 29
Hannah b Jan. 5 1754, 30 Maiy b Oct 22 1755, 31
Henry b Sept 13 1757, 32 Matthew b Dec 10 1762,
33 Phebe b Aug 5 1764, 34 Stephen b Oct 25 1765,
and 35 Mehetabel w of Capt. Oliver Howell b Dec
27 1768. (16 Stephen ra 2d w Hannah wid.
of Matthew Howell June 30 1761.) 24 Oba
diah had ch. Hannah w of James Post and
Phebe w of Mr. Brown. 32 Matthew d 1844 m
Ruth Sayi-e and had ch. Mary w of Charles Howell
and Nancy w of Albert Foster.
18 James had s Jeremiah of Quogue. 23' Zeph
aniah d 1797 had w Elizabeth and s 36 Herrick who
had ch. 37 Albert b 1807 d 1854, 38 Jetur and 39
Harriet w of Augustus R. Halsey. 37 Albert had
w Cordelia and ch. Mary, Jetur and Edwin. 13
Jonah had s 40 Jonah, who had ch. 41 Williara and
42 Joshua. 42 Joshua had s 43 Jonah who had ch.
Jonah and Chapman of Sag Harbor. 13 Jonah
had also ch. 44 Joseph and 45 William, both of B.
Hampton, and perhaps 46 David who belongs to
same generation as the two latter. 44 Joseph d
1761 had ch. 47 John, 48 Hannah, 49 Elizabeth,
50 Sarah, 51 Joseph, (who went to Speonk) 52
Zachariah, (who had s Lewis of North Side) 53
EUas, 54 Ruth and 55 Nathaniel, who had ch. Abra
ham and Selah. 47 John had ch. 56 J. Topping b
1759 d 1816, and 57 Josiah. 56 J. Topping had w

272 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Sarah and ch. 58 John, 59 Nathaniel, and 60 Jere
miah b 1797 d 1859. 59 Nathaniel had ch. George,
Dennison, Edmund and Dr. James, of Sag Harbor.
57 Josiah had ch. Euclid, of Sag Harbor and Charles.
45 WUliam had ch. 61 Capt. William b 1744 d
1813, and 62 Judge Jonathan b 1746 d 1819. 61
William had w Mary and ch. 63 William b 1783 d
1840, and 64 Caleb b 1796 d 1842. 63 William
had w Susana and ch. 65 Jones, (who had s Wil
liam) 66 Richard, [who had ch. Orlando and Edwin]
and 67 Louisa w of Daniel Halsey. 62 Jonathan
had w Mary and s 68 Benjamin b 1769 d 1842, who
had w Abigail and ch. 69 B. Franklin, [who has ch.
Melinor, Phebe and Agnes] and 70 Caleb, [who had
ch. Benjamin and Charles.] 46 David had s 71
David, who had ch. 72 D. Hedges and 73 Peleg. 72
D. Hedges had ch. James, Josiah and David. 73
Peleg had s Horatio. 7 Noah had ch. 74 Mary b
1675, 75 John b 1677, 76 Josiah b 1679, 77 Heze
kiah, .78 Noah, 79 Elizabeth and 80 Anna.
76 Josiah had w Lydia and ch. 81 Lydia b 1714,
82 Jonathan b 1715, 83 Levi b 1716, 84 Thomas
and 85 Josiah, (who had w Martha and s 86 Rev.
Medad.) 86 Rev. Medad had w Rachel and ch. 87
Flora b 1790, 88 Louisa b 1792 and 89 Amzi b
1793, who had w Betsey and ch. David B. b 1815,
Samuel B. b 1815, Theodore D. b 1822, Ann E b
1826, Emily L. b 1831, and Harriet b 1837. 78
Noah had s 90 Noah, who had s S 1 Noah, who had
s 92 Noah, who had s 93 Noah, who had s 94 Noah
of Cornwall, Ct.
Information concerning the descendants of 7

FAMILY RECORDS. 273
Noah has been furnished by Theodore D. Rogers,
Esq., son of S9 Amzi, whose family resides in Conn.
ROSE FAMILY.
From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, the fol
low account is taken : " Robert Rose of Wethers
field in 1639, came in the Francis from Ipswich,
Co. «f Suffolk, in 1634, aged 40, with w Margery
40, and ch. John 15, Robert 15, Elizabeth 13, Mary
11, Samuel 9, Sarah 7, Daniel 3 and Dorcas 2. He
removed before 1648 to Stratford, where the list of
:fieemen, 1669, bears his name, [unle^is it be his son.
Robert, which is more probable, for one Robert died
at Branford, leaving good estate in 1664 or S."]
This would seem to be the same Robert that we
-find in Southamptton in 1644, but not later than
1648. A Robert Rose was among the first settlers
of East Hampton, but did not reraain long. Now
we may suppose Robert, the father resided sue-
ceasively in Wethersfield 1639, Southampton 1644-8,
East Hampton a few years, then Branford, wh^e
many of the Long Inland people removed ; and that
his son Robert lived and died at Stratford, a^d his
sou John and youngest son Thomas, resided in
Southampton. My impression is that I have seen
in the town Records a writing which mentions John
and Thomas as the sons ctf Robert, but cannot now
refer to it. Assuming this to be true, we have-r-
.1 Robert has w Margery, and ch. 2 Johm, aaid others
as before. 2 John b 1634 d 1697, had ch. S John,
4 David, 5 James, 6 Hannah, 7 Thomas and 8
Martyn. 3 John had ch. 9 David and 10 James b
41

274 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
about 1692. 9 David had sll David who had s 12
Capt. David b 1753 d 1836, who had Ist w Maiy
and 2d w Nancy and ch. 13 D. Rogers, 14 John b
1802 d 1854, 15 Austin and 16 Nancy w of Micaiah
Herrick. 13 D. Rogers had ch. Jetur, Emma w of
John Ricjifard and D. Harold. 4 David d 1717,
had ch. Hannah, David, Daniel and Obadiah.
8 Martyn had w Sarah ch. 1 7 Zaccheus b 1700 d
1742, 18 Stephen, [who removed to near Trenton,
N J.,] 19 Christopher, [who removed] 20 John, [who
removed to Orange Co. N. Y.] and 21 Abraham. 17
Zaccheus had w Anna and ch. 22 Stephen b 1742
A 1806 and 23 Moses. 22 Stephen had w Chloe and
ch. 24 Jeremiah, 25 Zaccheus, 26 Silas, of Ct. (who
had Ch. Caleb F., George, Phebe, Emily and So
phronia) 27 Deac. Stephen and 28 Phebe w of Tim
othy Holmes of Ct. 27 Deac. Stephen b June
5 1780 m 1st w Phebe Haynes, (who was b
May 5 1780 and d Aug 14 1817) Feb lO 1805. He
m 2d w Maria Pierson, (who was b Nov 21 1788
and d AprU 2 1831) Nov 5 1818. He m 3d w
Nancy Haynes, (who was b Aug 10 1794) March
21 1832. His ch. were 29 Stephen b June 17 1806,
30 David b July 25 1808, 31 Eliphalet b July .26
1810, 32 Chloe b March 20 1813, 33 Mehetabel b
Aug 24 1815, 34 Phebe b Aug 7 1817, 35 Benjamin
F. b Oct 10 1819. 36 Aaron W. b July 8 1821, 37
Henry Martyn b March 10 1823, 38 John H. b
Aug 30 1824, 39 Mary C. b Sept 1 1826, 40 Maria
E. b Nov. 18 1834, 41 Helen B. b June 28 1836.
31 Eliphalet has s Rev. William of Omeha City,
Kansas. 37 Henry Martyn ni Elizabeth d of Sui-

FAMILY RECORDS. 275
Uvan Cook, and has ch. Anna, Lottie, Nettie, Frank
and Stephen. 23 Moses had ch. 42 Jeremiah, 43
Simon, 44 Martyn, (who had s Lupton of Sebonac)
and 45 Luther of Towd. 43 Simon had s Harvey,
who has ch. Fredeiic and others. 2 1 Abraham had
ch. 46 Abraham, 47 Dr. Samuel and 48 Rufus. 46
Abraham had s 49 Maltbey, who had ch. Elbert and
Abraham. 47 Dr. Samuel had s 50 Judge Abra
ham T., who had ch, Samuel, Matilda, Adelaide,
Caroline, Evelyn and Nettie, 48 Rufus had s 51
Col, Edwin, who had s Rufus. 27 Deac. Stephen
now about 86 years of age, and possessing a remark
able memory, has been of invaluable assistance in
preparing this part of my work.
SANDFORD F.iMILY.
1 Thomas Sandford was a resident of Boston in
1674, but of Southampton, as by the Records in
1676. Some branches of the family have mutilated
the name by dropping the Middle d. It would ap
pear that Thomas had besides 2 Ezekiel, another
son Zachariah, from the fact that in 1736 a Zachariah
is mentioned as having two sons Henry and Stephen
thefe grown, who probably removed, since they soon
after disappear from the Records. 1 Thomas b
1631 had s 2 Ezekiel, who d 1716 and had w Han
nah and ch. 3 Ezekiel b 1681 d 1755, 4 Thomas b
1684 d 1761, 5 AbigaU and 6 Zachariah. 3 Ezekiel
had w Dorcas and ch. 7 Ezekiel, 8 Sarah Hedges-,
9 AbigaU Sayie, 10 Phebe Jessup and 11 David,
(who had eh. Lewis and Zachariah.) 7 Ezekiel had
ch. 12 James, (who had ch. James L,, John and

1SS1S HISTOBT OF SOUTHAMPTON.
JBmjaminj) 13 Sylvanus b 1743 d 1778, [who bads
Charles] 14 Himm and 15 Isaac, [die rich farmer of
lUinois]. 4 Thomas had ch. 16 Thoanas, 17 Jonah,
18 John, [who had s Hezekiah] 19 Susana and 30
SUas who had di. Silas, Zephaniah, Saa-ah and Han
nah. 6 Zachariah had ch. 21 Joel b.l7ir7 d 1797,
22 Daniel b 1737 d 1807, and 23 EUas. 22 Daniel
liadw Phebe and ch. 24 Samuel b 1762, and 25
Jason b 1778 d 1859. 24 Samuel had w Phebe and
ch. 26 Sarah b 1790, 27 Samuel b 1791 d 1866,
[who had s Lewis b 1814] 28 Hervey b 1795, 29
-Jason b 1798, [who removed to Palmjrra, N. Y.]
30 Nathan b 1800, and 31 Eliza. 25 Jason had s
D. Hedges. 23 Elias had s 32 Elias, who had b
33 Isaac, who has s James Lawrence.
SAYRE FAMILY.
Thomas Sayre the first of this name in Souths
ampton, was one of the eight original ^' Under-
¦takers,"" and came here in 1640. He came from
Bedfordshire, Eng., as appears from the examina
tion of his son Job, before the Dutch councU before
narrated. In 1638 he and his s Job have each 60
acres of land allotted to them in Lynn, Mass. The
arms of this family are : Gules, a chevron ermine
between three seagulls argent.
1 Thomas d 1670 b about 1594, had ch, 2 Francis,
3 Daniel, 4 Joseph and 5 Job, 2 Francis had w
Sarah and ch. 6 John b Jan 14 1665 d 1724, 7
Thomas b 1667 d 1715, 8 Francis b June 17 1669,
9 Jonathan, 10 Ichabod and 11 Caleb. 6 John had
ch. 12 John b March 17 1692, 13 Thomas b July

FAMILY RECORDS. 277
1 1696, 14 Damaris b May 9 1698, 15 EUzabeth b
March 23 1701, 16 Jonathan b Jan. 18 1705, 17
Sarah b Aug 11 1709, and 18 Hannah b Aug 22
1715. 12 Deac. John had w Hannah m April 18
1717, and had ch. 19 Prudence b April 12 1718, 20
Abigail b AprU 8 1720, 21 John b March 17 1722,
22 Luce b Aug 17 1723, 23 Eunice b Dec 11 1725,
24 Hannah w of Stephen Rogers b Oct 20 1727, 25
Sarah b Sept 3 1729, 26 Matthew b July 17 1731 d
1819, 27 Ann b June 1733, and 28 Stephen, Sheriff
of London, b June 12 1736. 21 John had ch. 29
David, 30 Sylvanus, and 31 Abraham, (who had s
poster of Franklin viUe.) 26 Matthew had ch. 32
Daniel b May 10 1765, of Cairo N. Y., 33 Francis
b Sept 28 1766, 34 Eunice b March 30 1768, 35
John b June 13 1771, (removed) 36 Simon b July
8 1774, 37 Nathan b April 12, 1776, [who had s
John of FranklinviUe] and 38 Joel b Nov 2 1778.
32 Daniel had son 39 Matthew, (who has s Simon.)
33 Francis had s 40 Thomas, who had ch. Matthew,
Adelaide, LucUla, Julia and Edward F. 10 Ichabod
had ch. 41 Ichabod, 42 Joshua and 43 Stephen. 41
Ichabod had ch. 44 Francis and 45 Ananias. 44
Francis had ch. 46 Francis and 47 James. 42
Joshua had ch. 48 Paul, 49 Rufus, (who had ch.
William, Fanny w of Halsey Foster, and Susan w
of James Sayre) 50 Enoch, 51 Silas, (who had s
Rev. WiUiam N. of Pine Plains, N. Y.) 52 Thomas
and 53 William. 48 Paul had s 54 Edward, (who
has ch. Rev. Edward H. James, Henry and Rufus.)
52 Thoraas had ch. James, Rufus, Rogers, Eliza
beth w of Geo. HoweU, Harriet w of Edward Hunt-
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278 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
ting, and Abbie w uf Jonathan Fithian. 3 Daniel
had eh. 55 Capt. Daniel of B. Hampton b 1666 d
1748, (who had s John) 56 Samuel, 57 Joseph, 58
Ephraim and 59 Nathan. 4 Joseph had ch. 60
leaae d 1726, 61 Ethan and 62 SUas. 60 Isaac had
w Elizabeth and s 63 Isaac, and probably 64 Joseph.
64 Joseph d 1779, had w Mary and ch. 65 Isaac b
1757 d 1850 and 66 Job. 65 Isaac had w Jerusha
and ch. 67 Isaac b 1789 d 1853, (who had ch. Mary
x\., F. Spencer, Eugene, W^allace, Harriet, Adelaide
and Louisa) 68 Hervey, 69 Jehiel, (who had ch.
Halsey, Williain, George and Julius) and 70 Francis,
who had s Wm. Henry. 5 Job d 1694, had w Han
nah and ch. 71 Job b Aug 25 1672, 72 Benjamin b
Aug 19 1674, 73 James b Sept 12 1676, 74 Eliza
beth b March 11 1678, 75 Sarah b May 4 1680, and
76 Abraham b July 5 1683. 73 James removed t«
Orange Co. N. Y. 71 Job had ch. 77 Nehemiah
and 78 James. 77 Nehemiah m Bethia Cooper
Dee 24 1741, and had ch. 79 EUzabeth, b Apr 18
1743, 80 Abraham b Feb 5 1745, 81 James b July
3 1748, 82 John b Jan 5 1752, 83 Hannah b Nov 7
l^fi n^, and 84 Jane b March 24 1759. 80 Abraham
m Mehetabel d of Abner HoweU, and had ch. 85
Steplien b Feb 27 1770, 86 Eunice b Fi-b 16 1774,
87 Merit b Sept 20 1771, 88 Age b March 6 1776,
89 Ruth b Aug 17 1778, w of Matthew Rogers, 90
Beulah b Dec 4 1783 w of Joseph Hildreth, 91
William b Sept 26 1787, 92 Nehemiah b Jan. 30
1781, 93 Susan b Aug 10 1790 w of EU Halsey, 94
Jared b March 25 1793, 95 Lewis b Aug 14 1796,
and 96 Phebe b July 4 1785. 85 Stephen had w

FAMILY RKCORTJS. 279
Sarah and ch. 97 Sophia w of Henry Rhodes, 98
Sarah w of James Larry, 99 Emeline w of Jaraes
Rhodes, 100 Elizabeth w of Hervey Cook, 101
Mary w of  Isham, and 102 Dr. William N,
87 Merit had ch. Mary and James, who had ch, El
len w of Charles S. Halsey and Clara. 88 Age, 94
Jared and 95 Lewis removed west. 72 Benjamin
had s 103 Benjamin, who htwich. 104 Benjamin, 105
James, (who had s OUver) 106 Zephaniah b 1762 d
1840 and 107 David. 104 Benjamin had ch. 108
Uriah, (who has ch. Horatio and John of B. Hamp
ton) and 109 Daniel. 107 David had ch. 110
Stephen, 111 Frank and 112 Malbey. 110 Stephen
had s 113 David, who had s Stephen of Bridge
Hampton. 29 David had s 114 Oliver, who had ch.
David and Edward, (all of Littleworth.) 28 Stephen
went to England, taking up his residence in London,
and was appointed High Sheriff of that city. He
was said to have been the handsoraest man of his
age, and a smaU miniature portrait of him taken
while he was in college, well confirms this statement.
Thompson in Hist, of L, I., 2nd ed., has written
more at length on his career. 51 Silas had besides
Rev. WiUiam N. a s Ezekiel. 64 Joseph is kmjwn
to be the grandson of 4 Joseph, but the name of
his father is not certainly ascertained, though there
is reason to think it was Isaac.
SCOTT FAMILY.
John Scott came from Hartford Ct., to South
ampton, between 1657 and 1667. He settled in
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280 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
since resided. An old English custom is observed
by 4 Jekomiah who before the delivery of a deed of
gift of land to his son Jackson, first gives him a turf
and twig off of the premises. 1 John had ch. 2
Jekomiah and 3 John. 2 Jekomiah had s 4
Jekomiah b 1663 d 1749, who had ch. 5 Jackson, 6
John, 7 Lazarus, 8 Jekomiah, 9 Deborah, 10 Thomas,
11 Mary, 12 Sarah and 13 Anne. 5 Jackson had
ch. 14 Jackson, b 1757 d 1842, 15 Matthew, 16
James, 17 John, (who moved to Orange Co. N. Y.)
and 18 Samuel. 14 Jackson had w Susana and s
19 James, who had s Samuel. 15 Matthew had s
20 Lewis, who had ch. Walter, Henry and John. 16
James had ch. Sarah w of Hervey Hams, and Mary
w of Edward Sayre. SQUIRES FAMILY.
EUis Squires, the first of this name in the town,
came and settled in what is now called Squiretown,
then a wilderness, about the time of the Revolu
tionary war. Elis gr. son Jeremiah moved to South
ampton, and settled at Wickapogue. 1 Ellis had
sons 2 Ellis, 3 Seth and 4 Daniel. 2 EUis had sons
5 Barnabas, 6 Zachariah R., 7 Jereraiah, 8 Lewis, 9
Jetiir and 10 Warren. 7 Jeremiah has ch. Edwin,
Sophronia w of Jetur White, Lucilla and Hampton.
3 SeMi had sons 1 1 Nicholas, 12 Alvin and 13 Seth.
4 Daniel had sons 14 Ellis and 15 Daniel.
STANSBROUGH FAMILY.
1 Josiah Stanborough, or Stanbrough, or Stans
brough, as it is variously written, was an inhabitant
of Lynn in 1637, and was made freeman in South-

FAMILY RECORDS. 281
ampton in 1647. ' In 1638 he has 100 acres of land
in Lynn. He died at his residence in Sagg about
1661, leaving 2d w Alee or AUce, and ch. 2 Josiah
and 3 Peregrine, and four small children by his 2d
w AUce, 2 Josiah m Admah Chatfield July 24
1670, and had ch, 4 Recompence b Aug 22 1672, 5
Frances b April 4 1675, 6 Josiah b June 22 1677, 7
Hannah b July 1 1679, 8 Phebe b Sept 17 1681, 9
Zeriah b Oct 1 1683, and 10 Adonijah b March 18,
1687. 3 Deac. Peregrine b 1640 d 1701 m Sarah
James Dec 15 1664, and had ch. 11 John b Dec 11
1665, 12 Ruth b June 4 1668, 13 Olive b July 18,
1670, 14 Mary b Oct 14 1672, 15 Hannah b Jan 28
1674, 16 Sarah b May 26 1677, 17 James b Oct.
28 1679, 18 Eunice b Nov 8 1682, and 19 Elizabeth
b Jan 24 1686. 17 James had w Sarah. In 1753
•John, (perhaps 11 John) wills to ch. John, James,
Hannah, Martha, Sarah, Abigail and Mary. James
was not then of age, but appears to be near it.
STEPHENS FAMILY.
It is not known when Capt. Thomas Stephens,
the first of this family, first came to Southampton.
He was buried in the Southend burying ground.
None of the famUy now reside in the village, though
some of his descendants are living in the western
part of the town. 6 Josiah removed to East Hamp
ton, and there remained tUl his death. 7 Thomas
moved to Quogue. 1 Capt. Thomas b 1650 d 1701,
had w Elizabeth Cook m Oct 20 1675, and ch. 2
Thomas b Jan 28 1677, 3 Hester b Feb 28 1679,
4 Phebe b Jan 2 1682, 5 William b Apr 4 1684,
43

2S2 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
and 6 Jomah h June 29 1688. 2 Thomas had s 7
Capt. Thomas of Quogue b 1699 d 1772, who hadw
Ann and ch. 8 Edward b 1754 d 1833, 9 WiUiam,
10 Thomas and 11 Charles, who had s Abraham. 8
Edward had ch. 12 Edward of Michigan, 13 Mahlon
b 1790, 14 Chillon and 15 Halsey. 13 Mahlon
had 8 16 Charlez who has s Mahlon. 15 Halsey had
ch. 17 WiUiam, 18 Hiram, 19 Forest and 20
Zachariah. TAIiMADGE FAMILY.
The list of 1644 contains three of this name,
doubtless father and two tons, Thomas Sen., Thomas
Jun., and Robert. The list of 1649 contains only one
of these, Thomas Sen. Thomas Jr. moved to East
Hampton, and Robert may have gone to Branford
or to New Jersey, the two directions in which peo
ple leaving the settlement seem to have taken. In
1634 Thomas was a resident of Lynn, and had a son
Thomas, and in 1638 he had 200 acres in that place.
In Oct 1642 a home lot was granted to Thomas Sr.,
by the town of Southanipton. The arms of this
family as emblazoned on an old parchment brought
over by the first settler, and now in possession of
Patrick Gould of East Hampton, are as follows :
Gules, between three birds [mavis.?] or, a chevron
azure beai-ing five stars or [or argent]. Motto,
Frangas non flectes.
The present condition of the parchment renders it
impossible to decide upon the species of bird borne
and the color of the stars.
1 Thomas had ch. 2 Thomas and 3 Robert.
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Family records. 283
b 1678 d 1764, who had s 6 David, who had
s 7 David b 1735 d 1811, who had ch. 8 Bald
win C. and 9 David. 8 Deac. Baldwin C. had
8 Sineas. 10 Daniel, probably of the same
generation as 6 David had s 1 1 Stephen, who had ch.
12 Daniel, (who had ch. Sanford and George) and
13 Stejihen who hadB-Hubbai-d'Or' TERRELL FAMILY.
William Terbell, or Tarbill, as the name was gen
erally written in olden time, and still is by a branch
of this family in Boston, first appears on record in
1695. He lived in Bridge Hampton where some of
his descendants still reside.
1 William had s 2 William who had ch. 3 Jonah
and 4 John. 3 Jonah had ch. 5 Jonah b 1744 d
1823 and 6 David who had s David. 5 Jonah had
w Puah and ch. 7 WiUiam b 1770 d 1828, (who
had son Charles of Bridge Hampton) 8 Jason of
East Hampton, and 9 Jubal, who had s Henry of
New York. 8 Jason had ch, 10 Jason of Wain-
scott, (who has d Phebe) and 11 Hannah w of Syl
vanus Parsons. TOPPING FAMILY.
Thomas Topping, the first of this name in South
ampton, according to family tradition, was a refugee
from religious persecution in England. Savage
says, (Gen. Diet.) " Thomas Topping of Milford,
1639, but earUer was of Wethersfield and Repre
sentative in 1639, joined the church of Milford with
hia w Emma in 1640. Had s EInathan baptized
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284 HISTORY Of SOUTHAMPTON.
made Oct 20 1666, at Milford, for his maniage with
Mary, widow of Timothy Baldwin, is by her referred
to ten years later when she was disposing of her
properly, in conformity with said contract to her
children. He had before 1678 made Lydia the
widow of John Wilford his third wife, and for the
residue of his days lived at Bramiibrd, where, Oct
5 1686, he gave by deed to his sons EInathan and
James at Southampton, all his lands in the latter
place ; to d Mary Quinney, (or some such name)
ten cows ; to d Martha Herrick £10, in addition to
what she had already received, to be paid by the
sons, who then had the keeping of the cows also.
His widow in 1688 transacted business with those
sons and died Nov 1694."
From the Southampton Records it is clear that
the Thomas Topping mentioned by Savage resided
several years in Southampton, then removed to
Branford, and there remained till his death.
Capt Thomas the first settler gave his son 5 Capt.
Thomas his homestead at the south end. The latter
dies in 1682, and in 1683 Capt. Thomas of Branford
confirms the gift of the same to Thomas, oldest son
of 5 Capt. Thomas.
Burke gives the arms of an English family of
Toppings, as follows : Azure, ten lozenges, four,
three, two, one argent — crest. Two lion's gambs,
sable holding up a roundel vair.
1 Capt, Thomas d 1688, had ch. 2 EInathan b
1640 d 1705, 3 James b 1642 or 3,, 4 John b 1646
d 1696, and 5 Capt. Thomas. 2 EInathan had w
Mary andch. 6 EInathan b Aug 20 1664, 7 AbigaU

FAMTLY RBOORDS. 285
b Jau 17 1667, 8 Maiy b Nov 18 1670. 9 Meheta
bel b June 27 P?6§-, 10 Capt Stephen b Sept 24 /^/y
1679, and 11 Sylvanus b March 8 1682. 6 EInathan
had 8 whose name is unknown, who had s 12 Job
b 1760 d 1834, who had w Martha and ch. 13
Luther, 14 James and 15 Ira. 13 Luther had ch.
Hiram of Sag Harbor and Edwin. 10 Capt. Ste
phen d 1T46, and had w Hannah and ch. 16 David
and 17 Stephen. 16 David b 1716 d 1796, had Ist
w Phebe and 2nd w Jane and ch. 18 David b 1748
d 1834, and 19 Matthew b 1753 d 1837. 18 David
had w Rebecca and s Rensaeler, who had s Sidney
B. 19 Matthew had w Jane and ch. 20 Abraham,
(who removed) 21 Jo8. Warren of Brookhaven, 22
David of Orange Co. N. Y., 23 Gardiner B., (who
has 8 Addison G.) 24 Eliphalet of Ohio, and 25
Nathaniel, M. D., who has ch. Rob. Emmet, Clar
ence, Mary and Ellen. 17 Stephen had eh. 26 Ste
phen, 27 Charles, 28 Henry- b 1750 d 1812, 29 Paul
and 30 Jeremiah. 26 Stephen had ch. 31 Stephen,
(who had ch. James M. of Sagg, Henry, Theodore
and Stephen) and 32 Nathan. 28 Henry had w
Mary and ch. 33 Henry b 1777 d 1851,34 Paul,
[who had d Laura w of Hervey Hedges] 35 Josiah,
36 Charles, [who had s Chas. Henry] and 37 Her
vey. 33 Henry had w Mehetabel and ch. Soiphronia
w of David Burnett, and Jane w of Stephen D.
Wood. 37 Hervey had s James H., who liad ch.
lllorgan H. and Harriet. 30 Jeremiah had s Hervey
of Southampton, who had ch. Edward and Harriet
w of WiUiam McCorkell. 1 1 Sylvanus had ch. 38
Ethan and 39 Sylvanus, who had » Sylvanus. 38
44

286 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Ethan had ch. 40 Shadrach, 41 Jesse, 42 Charles,
[who reraoved] 43 James, [who had s Stephen of
Sag Harbor] and 44 Stephen. 41 Jesse had ch. 45
George S. [who had ch. George S. and James JJ.]
and 46 Charles C, who had s Charles C. 3 James
had son 47 James b Nov 1 1670, who had ch. Heze
kiah and Charles. 4 John had w Deborah and ch.
48 Capt. Josiah b 1663 d 1726, 49 John, 50 Zerub
babel and 51 Ephraim. 48 Capt. Josiah had w
Hannah and ch. 52 Deac. Josiah, [who had s Thomas]
and 53 John b 1706 d 1747. 5 Capt. Thomas had
w Hannah and ch. 54 Thomas b Feb 11 1660, 55
Rachel b April 19 1663, 56 Ann b June 9 1666, 57
Hester b April 16 1671, 58 Joseph b June 30 1674,
59 Daniel b Aug 19 1676, and 60 Edward b Feb
9 1678. One of these sons of 5 Thomas had s 61
Deac. Thomas, who had s 62 Edward, who had ch.
63 Stephen b 1764 d 1840, 64 George and 65 Abra
ham, [who had ch. Elisha, S. Howell and Jones.] 63
Stephen had ch. 66 Edward, [who -has s Eugene]
and 67 Alanson. WHITE FAMILY.
Two families of this name came to Southampton,
the first, that of John White, about 1644. He was
a resident of Lynn in 1630, freeman there in 1633,
and made freeman in Southampton in 1647. The
other family descended from the seventh pastor of
the church. Rev. Sylvanus White, who was the son
of Rev. Ebenezer White, of Bridge Hampton. Both
of these families, however, are said to have a com
mon ancestor, Thomas White of Weymouth, Mass.
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FAMILY RECORD.S. 287
37. He died Aug 1 679, leaving, according t f> Far
mer, 1st Joseph of Mendon ; 2 Samuel b 1642, ad
mitted freeman 1666, Representative 1679, and
died without issue, 3d Thomas of Braintree, 4th
Hannah, who m John Baxter, and 5th Ebenezer b
1648, and died Aug ^4 1703. .John, the first of
this name in Southampton, is thought to be another
son of Thomas of Weymouth, not being mentioned
in his wiU because he died in 1 662 before his father.
(But the fact that John was here^ a man, in 1644,
would rather show that if related at all, he was a
brother or cousm of Thomas of Weymouth, es
peciaUy since the children of both were of about
the same age.) Ebenezer, the 5th ch. of Thomas,
was the father of Rev. Ebenezer of Bridge Hampton.
I John d 1662, had w Ann and ch. 2 John, 3
Martha w of John Howell, 4 Esther w of Samuel
Clark, 5 Sarah, 6 Hannah, 7 Abigail and 8 James.
2 John of Huntington, L. 1., had w Hannah and s
9 John of Elizabeth N. J. 8 James m Ruth Strat
ton Nov 24 1675, and had ch. 10 Capt. Ephraim b
Dec 29 1677 d 1752, 11 James b May 15 1681 and
12 Stephen b Oct 13 1684. 10 Capt. Ephraira had
ch. 13 John, 14 Eber and 15 William. 13 John
had w Jerusha and son 16 John who had ch. 17
Ephraim, 18 Deac. John and 19 George. 17
Eyhraim had ch. 20 John, (who had ch. John F. and
WiUiam) and 21 Nathan, (who had ch. Susan,
Mary, Albert, Jetur, Eleanor and Harriet.) 18,
Deac. John had ch. 22 Harriet w of Joseph R. .
Harris, 23 Charies, (who has ch. -EijlsaiiaH and iWyt
ottefa)' 24 Jane w of Lafayette Douglas, 25 Ann w

SSS" HISTORt OF SOUTHAMPTON.
of Wm. H. Post, and 26 Martha w of James R,
Huntting. 19 George had ch. 27 Stephen, (who
had ch. William and Charles) and 28 George, who
m Betsey d of Daniel Fordham, and has ch. Eliza
beth and others.
14 Eber had ch. Ephraim, Stephen, Memucan and
Peter. 15 William had ch. 29 WUliam and 30
Elias. 29 WilUam had ch. 31 Oliver, (who had s
Nicholas) 32 Jeremiah, 33 David, (who had ch.
Eliza and others) and 34 Sylvanus, (who has s Eli,
who has ch. Sarah and others.) 30 Elias had s 35
Edward, who had ch. Edward, Jane, Emma, Elias
H. and Hubert. 1 1 Jaraes had ch. 36 Ebenezer b
1711 d 1783, and 37 Charles b 1716 d 1791. 36
Ebenezer had* w Mehetabel and s 38 Major James b
1746 d 1807, who had ch. 39 James b 1777 d 1858,
and 40 Silas b 1776 d 1856, who had w AbigaU and
ch, Mary w of D. Rogei-s Rose and others. 39
James had w Phebe and ch. Darius and Peter H.
^nd daughters. 40 Rev. Ebenezer of B. Hampton
b 1673 d 1756 bad w Hannah and ch. 41 Deac. EI
nathan b 1 695 d 1 773. 42 James, 43 Rev. Sylvanus
b 1704 d 1782 and 44 Silas b 1710 d 1742. 41
Deac. EInathan had s 45 Ebenezer b 1723 d 1802,
who had ch. 46 Silas b 1748 d 1815, 47 Samuel, 48
Henry, M. D., who removevl and died in Goshen, N.
Y. 49 EInathan, 50 John, 51 Rufus, (who hadch.
David, Samuel, Henrj- and George) and 52 Sarah w
of^ Elihu Howell. 46 Silas had w Mary and ch. 53
Silas and 54 Ebenezer b 1782 d 1855, (who had ch.
Alonsjo, Silas and Edward.) 53 Silas had ch. 55
Jottiah, (who had ch. Malbey and William) 56 Har-

FAMILV RECORDS. 289
net and 57 Clarissa. 47 Samuel had ch. Samuel
and Milton. 50 John had ch. 58 Dr. Howell, 59
EInathan, 60 Henry, (who has ch. Abigail w of
treorge Hand of E. Hampton, George, Benjamin,
Alfred, Sarsh and John E.) and 61 Charity. 43
Rev, Sylvanus had w Phebe and ch, 62 Sylvanus,
63 Silas, 64 Edward, 65 Hezekiah, 66 Daniel, 67
Ebenezer, and 68 Dr. Henry. All of these ch. re
moved, except Dr. Henry, and their genealogy has
been contributed by Dr. Oliver White of New York
City, as follows :
DESCENDANTS OF REV. SYLVANUS WHITE,
CONTBIBUTKD BT O. WHITE, H. D.
Rev'd Sylvanus White, second son of the Rev'd
Ebenezer White of Bridgeharapton, Long Island,
was bom in 1704 — went to WejTnouth, Mass., in
1715 to attend a classical school. Entered Harvard
College 1719, and graduated in 1923P Assumed the /yi Z-
pastoral charge of the church at Southampton 1727,
which he retained for nearly 55 years ; when after
an Ulness of seven days he died October 22d,
1782. Soon after his ordination he married Phebe How
eU, d^i^s:^ daughter of Hezekiah Howell, by whom he
had nine children, viz : Sylvanus, Edward, Hesse-
kiah, Daniel, SUas, Phebe, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, and
Henry. Except the first Ebenezer, who died in in
fancy, they all Uved to adult years,
Sylvanus, the eldest son of Rev'd Sylvanus, mar
ried Eunice Herrick of Southampton, removed to
Orange County, N. Y,, where he died, leiaving four
45

290 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
children, Phebe, Sylvanus, Eunice and Nathan B.
The parents of these children Uved to an advanced
age, and have raany descendants, sorae of whom have
have attained to political distinction in the councils
of the nation from the westem part of the union,
where theiy had jireviously settled.
From Lanman's Dictionary of Congress the fol
lowing is taken concerning Albert S. the son of Nh-
than H., grandson of Sylvanus of Orange Co. N. Y.,
and gr. grandson of Rev. Sylvanus of Southarapton.
"Albert S. White was born in Orange County,
N. Y., October 24th, 1803 ; graduated at Union
College, 1822 ; admitted to the Bar, 1825 ; removed
to Indiana in 1829 ; was representative in Congress
from that State from 1837 to 1839 ; thenU. S. Senator
from 1839 to 1845. Was again elected Representa
tive from Indiana to to the Thirty Sefventh Congress',
serving as a member of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, and Chairman of a Select Coramittee on
Emancipation. After leaving Congi-ess he was appointed by Pres
ident Lincoln a Commissioner to adjust certain In
dian claims, and in January, 1864, appointed by the
President, Judge of the District Court of Indiana.
He died in Stockwell, Indiana, September, 1864.^
Edward, second son of Rev'd Sylvanus, married
Hannah daughter of Francis Pelletreau. They
Uved together ten years in Orange County, N. Y.,
when he died, June, 1767, aged thirty-six years,
leaving four children, whose names were Hannah,
Edward, Mary and Phebe. '
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FAMILY RECORDS. 291
AbigaU Sayre of Bridge Hampton, and settled also
in Orange County, where he died, leaving six chil-
•Iren, whose names we have not been able to obtain.
Daniel, fourth son of Rev'd Sylvanus, was a
physician, settled in the town of Westchester and
Couuty of Westchester, N, Y,, manied Euphemia
Bartow of New RocheUe. He died in 1781, His
widow died a few years after him, leaving two sons
and tour daughters, viz : Phebe, Bethsheba,* Ma
tilda, Daniel, Euphemia and TheophUus.
SUas, fifth son of Rev'd Sylvanus, married Sarah
Newson, and removed to Orange Co., N. Y. Five
children survived him and his wife — viz : James T.,
Silas, Levi, Haniet and Robert. They have many
descendants in the City of New York and vicinity.
Prominent among these are the children of Levi,
who married Ellen Cox, both of whom are dead.
Their chUdren are Adelia, Elvira, Charles, George,
Robert, Harriet and Elenora, who are all married
and have families of children.
Phebe, only daughter of Rev'd Sylvanus, mamed
James Tiley of Hartford, Conn. She died without
issue, four days after her father.
.Ebenezer," sixth son of Rev'd Sylvanus, died in
iHfancy. Ebenezer, seventh son of Rev'd SylvaUua, after
being instructed in the classics by his father, (a
graduate of Harvard CoUege,) commenced the study
of medicine, availing himself of aU the facUities
existing in our country at that time, for acquiring a
thorough knowledge of the profession of his choice.
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292 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
He soon collected a library of all the then repre
sentative works in every branch of his profession.
Many of these volumes of the writings of the
fathers in medicine are now in the possession of
such of his descendants as are medical men, by
whom they are prized as mementos and heirlooms
of their venerated ancestor.
In early life he married Helena, daughter of
Theophilus Bartow, of New Rochelle, and grand
daughter of Rev'd John Bartow, of Westchester,
and great grand daughter of Gen. Bartow who fled
from France to England in 1685.** This marriage
was a Union of Puritan with Huguenot. The
young couple commenced life together where
they ended it, in Yorktown, Westchester County,
N. Y. The doctor soon acquired an extensive prac
tice, and engaged in the cultivation «if a large farm.
Here — on what afterwards became " the neutral
ground," the commencement of the war of the Rev
olution found him. From the first of this protracted
and gloriously ending struggle, to the end, he was
the zealous uncompromising advocate of his coun
try's cause ; and many were the adventures and
thrilling iticidents he would relate to his listening
grandchildren of Tory raids and persecutions, only
exceeded in atrocity by the robberies, cruelties and
murders of the Cow Boys and Skinners. Many of
the wounds received in these forays came under his
professidnal care and treatment.-j*
Boltou in hiis history of Westchester County, Vol.
II, page 384, relates one of the many incidents in
* On the revocatioa of the edict of Nantes.
t Vide Dr. Thatcher's Military Journal— Boston 1823 — ^page 307\

FAMILY RECORDS. 293
Dr. White's exjierience during the war in the fol
lowing language :
" DiM;tor White of Yorktown, through the whole
of the Revolution, sustained the charactc r of a
patriot, with that devotion and firmness which
characterized the many at that eventful period of
our history. It aj)jiears that the enemy made sev
eral unsucces.sful attempt* to capture this distin
guished individual. Ou one occasion they were de-
sirfbus of exchanging the doctor for a British sur
geon then iu the hands of the Araericans. To
effect his surprisal, a large party of Light Horse
were despatched to Orompond, with strict orders to
surround his dwelling and make him prisoner. Some
kind friend, however, gave the doctor timely warn
ing, which enabled him to escape. As a substitute
they seized upon Dr, James Brewer, who re
sided in that immediate neighborhood, and were
proceeding home with their prisoner, when, passing
through Stoney Street, they were fired upon by a
party of Americans who lay concealed behind the
fences, Dr, Brewer received a mortal wound and
expired the next morning, Nov. 20th, 1780, in the
arms of Dr. White, who had thus narrowly escaped
the melancholy fate of his friend."
Dr. White's persistent and devoted patriotism
throughout tbe struggle for our national independ
ence, was appreciated by the people of his part of
the State, and they honored him by an election to
the State Senate, soon after the subversioh of the
Colonial Government, and afterwards by electing
him Presidential Elector.

294 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
After more than half a century's successful prac
tice of his profession, and as many years given to
the service of his Divine Master, the aged patriot,
" the beloved physician," and the christian gentle
man, slept with his fathers. Bom in Southampton
in 1746, he died in Yorktown, 1827. His widow
survived him a ,fe,w years. They had a faraily of
one daughter and six sons, viz : Catherine, Bartow,
Ebenezer,-- Henry,. Lewis, James and Theodosius,
Catherine, the only daughter and eldest chUd of
Dr. Ebenezer of Yorktown, married Dr. Samuel
Strang,. a pupil of her father. They took up their
residence iu the village of PeekskiU, where Dr.
Strang practised his profession during his life-time,
A numerous family of children survived Doctor and
Mrs. Strang, but since the loss of their parents,
death lias made sad inroads amongst them, viz : . Jo
seph W,j*^' (lawyer,) Catherine, '=* Emeline,"--" Samuel
B,* Antoinette,"* Louisa,* Eugene J.,"* (physician,)
Theodosius, Stephen B. and Edward J.
Bartow, the first son of Dr. Ebenezer, of York-
town, was educated for a physician. He married Miss
Ann Schenck after having established himself in prac
tice at FishkUl, N. Y,, with whom he lived in un
interrupted harmony until her death, in 1861.
Concerning this , dignified and courteous gentle
man, we make fhe following extracts from a memoir
of him, by the late Sylvester D. WUlard, M. D., of
Albany. " Dr. (Bartow) White was an active practitioner
for a period of fgrty^five years. He was caUed to
* DeceaBed.

FAMILY RECORDS. 295
exercise his vocation over an extensive district, mak
ing the distances, as did all the pioneers in our pro
fession, without reference to day or night, or to that
which contributed to x>ersonal comfort. He gained
the reputation of a skillful }>ractitioner, and his
counsel was frequently solicited by his professiona
brethren. It drew around him young men who con
templated entering the profession. He became their
teacher. Among his jiupils Cornelius Depew and
Stephen Rapalye became surgeons in the Navy,
while John Cooper and Isaac Van Vorkies entered
the Army. Others settled in various parts of this
State. The number and their position indicate his
ability as a teacher, and his influence in inspiring
his pupils with high and honorable sentiments.
Some of them preceded him to the grave, while
several survive to testify to his faithiulness as a
teacher and friend."
"In 1824, Dr. White was elected to represent
his district in the Congress of the United States.
In 1840 he was chosen one of the Presidential
Electors of the State. He received the honorary
degree of Doctor of Medicine, from the Regents of
the Uuiversity in 1845, and was elected a permanent
member of the Medical Society of the State of New
in 1851."
"Dr. White was systematic in his habits, and
strictly temperate. His manners were mild and ur
bane in every class of society. He was a sincere
friend of the poor."
" At the age of seventy-eight he commenced a
daily journal, noting the incidents of each day and

296 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
the state of the weather. This habit — remarkable
for one to begin in advanced life — he continued for
eight years, and until a few days previous to his
death. The evening of Dr. White's life was passed
in a beautiful serenity, surrounded by every comfort,
and every want anticipated by loving friends, while
his exemplary christian life was crowned by the
christian's hope of a glorious immortality. He was
seized with paralysis on the 5th of December, 1862,
and .died on the 10th inst., at the advanced age of
86 years. Dr. (Bartow) White was the father of
twelve children, nine daughters and three sons. AU
the daughters and one son survive him."
" Born amidst the stining events of 1776, he
grew up a twin child of Liberty. Love of country
was a principle with him as strong as life, and
patriotisra a feeling which only death could extin
guish." *
The names of the children surviving Dr. Bartow
White and his wife, are : Helena, Catherine, MatU
da, Evelina, Louis B., Anna, Harriet, Mary, Octa
via and Novenia.
Ebenezer, the second son of Dr. Ebenezer, of
Yorktown, also made choice of the arduous profes
sion of his father as the pursuit of his life. He
was the pupil of his father, and finished his studies
by attending medical lectures in thecityof New York.
After completing his professional education, he
raarried Amy, daughter of the late Samuel Green of
the town of Somers, Westchester County,
* Vol. of Transactions of Med. Society of the State of N. Y.,
foi 1863.

F.VMILY RECORDS. 297
He purchased a farm near the village of Somers,
and commenced the practice of his profession soon
after he had attained his majority. Abstemious, en
ergetic, a lover of the right and an earnest laborer for
the good of the community, here he passed a long,
active and useful Ufe, uniformly opposing every im-
moi;;»lity, and carefully protecting his large family
of chUdren from the vicious and irreligious influ
ences by which they were surrounded.
To the sick poor he was ever assidious in his at
tentions, and during the last few years of his life
they were almost his only patients.
Of this venerable doctor and devout christian, we
find an editorial obituary, in the " Highland Demo
crat," which we transcribe for these pages.
" Dr, Ebenezer White — on Saturday night, March
18th, (1865) — the subject of this brief notice, was
struck with paralysis, and on Monday night follow
ing, died, having attained the advanced age of
eighty-five yfiars,"
" He had practised as a physician in the town of
Somers, where he always lived and where he died,
more than sixty years, and only during the last two
or three years did he claim exemption from the
heavy cares and duties of his profession. His mind
was clear and vigorous until the last fatal attack,"
" As a physician, Dr, W, enjoyed the respect of
the profession, and the confidence of the people
among whom, for more than sixty years, he labore4
to alleviate suffering and airest death,"
" As a man, he was conscientious and honest, as a
neighbor kind and obliging, as a christian, consistent
46

298 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON,
and faithful to all the duties of that high profession,
so far as man can judge,
" Twice only, we beUeve, he held public office.
About thirty-six years ago he filled, with credit to
himself, and satisfaction to the people, the office of
Surrogate of Westchester County, and, at least,
once represented this coun^- in the State Legisla
ture," " Three sons survive and adorn the profession
whicli their father so long followed, besides, two
others who pursue different callings. Two daughters
only survive,"
"In politics Dr. White was republican, in re
ligion a presbyterian, in theory and practice an ar
dent temperance man. His death wUl create a void
in the church of which he was the chief supporter,
and for fifty five years an honored member, and in
the serial circle where he w-as universally beloved.
Many will mourn the loss of a friend — few if any,
have any enmities to bury with him." "*
Dr. Ebenezer of Somws, survived his wife a little
over four years. They had children Baitow F., a
physician, who married Ann Augusta, youngest
daughter of the late Dr. Elisha Belcher of Round
Hill, Greenwich, Conn., where he now resides, hav
ing succeeded Dr, Belcher in his practice. He has
three children, viz : Stephen, Alethea and EUsha,
Dr. Bartow F, was for many years greatly occu
pied with an extensive practice, and has three times
represented his district in the Legislature of his
State. ? Highland Democrat,— Peekekill, April 1st, 1865.

FAMILY RECORDS. 2ft9
Stephen G., second son of Dr. Ebenezer of Somers,
was a merchant, and died at the early age of twenty
three year's, unmamed.
Helen A., eldest daughter of Dr. Ebenezer, of
Somers, married James Brett, farmer, of FishkUl.
They have an interesting family of seven daughters
living, \'iz : Elizabeth, Sarah, Olivia, Phebe, Mary,
Helen and Louisine.
Lewis H., third son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Somers,
succeeded his uncle, Bartow, at FishkUl, in tbe
practice of his profession — that of a physician —
where he is now Uving and laboring. He married
Helena, daughter of John C. Van Wyck, of Fish-
kill, and has two children, HoweU and Catherine.
Oliver, fourth son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Somers, is
a practicing physician in the city of New York. He
is unniarried, but has an adopted daughter in the
jierson of Miss Jane C. Kerr.
Phebe, second daughter and sixth child of Dr.
Ebenezer of Someis, man-ied Robert Calhou-n.
Both are dead and -without issue.
John P., fifth son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Somers,
is a merchant, living in New York, where he mar
ried Margaret, daughter of the late David Bryson
of that city. They have no children.
Etaphemia, third daughter of Dr. Ebenezer, of
Somers, married James W. BedeU, of Somers,
farmer. They have children, William N., (law
yer,) Helen, Anna, Bartow, Phebe, Margaiet and
Amy. Samuel, sixth son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Somers,
and his youngest child, is a farmer, and uumarried.

800 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
He occupies the farm and residence «f his late
father.
To revert to the children of Dr. Ebenezer of Yorktown.
Henry, third son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Yorktown,
was also a physician, and practised his profession in
his native town. He married for his first wife,
Sarah, daughter of the late Rev'd Silas Constant,
of Yorktown. She lived but a few months, and
was buried in her bridal costume. Dr. H, then
manied for his second wife, Mary, w-idow of Dr,
Stephen Fowler of New Castle, and daughter of Dr,
Elisha Belcher of Greenwich, Conn, Dr, Henry
was for several years Surrogate of his county (an
office his brother Ebenezer also held,) and in 1823
became one of the Judges of the County Court, He
Sevoted much of his time to the different reUgious
and philanthropic societies of his day, and died
November, 1857, aged 76 years. His widow is stUl
living — By neither of his wives did he have any
children, but adopted a son and daughter of his
brother Lewis viz : Constant and Elizabeth.
Lewis, fourth son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Yorktown,
was a farmer. He married Aurelia Raymond, of
Dutchess County, by whom he had a family of twelve
children living at the time of his death, viz :
Frederick, Sarah, Mary, Helena,* Ebenezer, Cathe
rine, Elizabeth, Constant, Stephen G., Aurelia,
Lewis A. and John R. He died at Peoria, Illinois,
in 1836, whither he had gone on business, aged 54
years, a most amiable man and a lovely christian
character. Hia widow still survives.
* Deceased.

FAMILY RECORDS. 301
James, fifth son of Dr. Ebenezer, of Yorktown, a
farmer, married Sarah BedeU, of Somers. These
kind and affectionate parents died, leaving five chil
dren, viz : William B., Elizabeth, Mary, Alvira,
and Bartow.*
Theodosius, sixth son and last child of Dr. Eb
enezer, of Yorktown, and the only one of his chil
dren now living, resides in the mansion and culti
vates the farm of his father. He married Philena
Wright, of Somers, who died a few years since.
Their children are Henry, Emeline, Josephus, and
Louisa. Having finished the record — as far as possible —
of the Descendants of Ebene^fcr, seventh son of the
Rev'd Sylvanus White, of Southampton, we con
clude with Doctor Henry White, of Southampton,
the eighth son and youngest child of his father,
Rev'd Sylvanus White. He lived until he attained
the advanced age of ninety-one years, when he died
December 20th, 1840. Although so aged, his sight
was perfectly clear, and unimpaired till his death,
never requiring the use of spectacles. He was a surgeon
in the army of the Revolution, and at one time a pris
oner on board the Jersey prison ship at Brooklyn.
He married for his first wife a daughter of the
Rev'd Nathaniel Eells, of Middletown, Conn. After
her death he raarried Miss Ann Stephens, by whom
he had three children, that lived to adult years,
viz : Hannah E., Sylvanus and Phebe. The two
daughters were the wives of Capt. J. Parker. The
soil Sylvanus married Jane, daughter of Samuel
Jagger, and had chUdren Henry K. and Theodore S.
47 * Deceased.

302 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.S
Ebbata.— In the last article, page 297, line 7, the word im
morality is incorrectly printed, 'immortality," also, page 298, line
7, " country" should have been printed County.
WICK FAMILY.
John Wick, the first of this name, is first men
tioned in 1693. He lived first in Southampton,
then moved to Bridge Hampton, where he died. 1
John b 1661 d 1719, had s 2 Job, who had ch. 3
WilUam, 4 Zebulon, b 1748 d 1809, 5 Henry and
6 Lemuel. 4 Zebulon had w Mary and ch. 7 Lu
cretia, 8 William b 1793, 9 Lemuel, 10 Susana and
11 Elizabeth. 8 WUliam had w Milicent Pierson,
and ch. Philetus, Lemuel and WUliam.
It is possible that 2 Job was son of Job, who was
8 of John, though the records make it probable that
the first record given is correct.
The epitaph of John Wick reads as follows :
Here | was layed | the Body of Mr | John Wick
Esq I Who Dyed Janvary | the 16th anno 1719 |
In the 59th year | of his age.
The stone is in the centre of a six or eight acre
lot, in Bridge Hampton. The tradition is that he
gave direction to have his body laid here, but his
friends disregarded it and attempted to dig a grave
in the grave yard, but the ants came out in such
swarms, and filled the grave as they dug, that they
were compelled to abandon their purpose. Another
tradition says that the heirs not liking the disposi
tion of the property made in the will, read a sum
mons over his grave, calling him to ajipear in court,
and show cause why the will should not be broken.
He was a magistrate and a man of note, in his day
~and generation.

FAMILY RECORDS. 303
WILLMAN FAMILY.
Isaac Willman, first mentioned in 1649, had w
Mary and ch. Isaac Jr. b Aug 31 1657, Abraham,
Matthew, John b May 18 1670, Theophilus and
Benjamin. Isaac Jr. m Mary Wines, of Southold,
Oct 7 1686, and had ch. Mary b Dec 9 1689, and
Abraham. The family did remain in the town
probably much later than the year 1700, and there
are none now of this name residing in Southampton.
WOODRUFF FAMILY.
John Woodniff is first mentioned in the list of
1657. His son John was the adopted son of John
(xosmer, and lived on the late residence of Mr. Charles
Pelletreau. It does not appear that he had more
than one son. Of his grand children, Benjarain
lived in Southampton, and his three sons removed
to Bridge Hampton, — of the other three ch. of John,
viz., Samuel, Nathaniel and Isaac, I know nothing,
except they are mentioned as young men residing in
Southampton. They'either reraoved, or died with
out issue.
1 John had s 2 John, who had ch. 3 Samuel, 4
Benjamin, 5 Nathaniel, 6 Isaac and 7 Sarah b Jan
20 1660. 4 Benjamin had ch. 8 Daniel, 9 David
and 10 Timothy. 8 Daniel had ch. 11 Benjamin
and 12 John. 11 Benjamin had ch. 13 Job
b 1776, d 1857, 14 Jesse b 1765 d 18.57, and 15
EUsha who had s Jesse. 9 David had ch. 16
David and 17 Joshua. 16 David had ch. James,
Sylvester, who removed, and Halsey. 10 Tim
othy had ch. 18 Silas, 19 Lemuel and 20 Daniel.
18 SUas had ch. 21 Elias, who removed to Platsburg,
N. Y., 22 Silas and 23 Joseph, who went to Orange
Co. N. Y. 22 SUas had ch. 24 EUas, who has s

304 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Silas and 25 Mary w of Abraham Halsey. 20 Dan
iel had ch. 26 Daniel and 27 AbigaU, 26 Dani^
had ch. 28 Herman, 29 Samuel, who has s Sam
uel and 30 Daniel. WOOLLEY FAMILY.
Robert Woolley, the first of this name, is fu'st
mentioned in the list of 1657. Savage, in Gen.
Diet, says, Robert WooUey, of Fairfield, Mass.,
1649 and 1653, removed soon afterwards to jiarts
unknown. His whereabouts are now presumed to
be settled.
1 Robert had ch. 2 John and 3 Joseph. 2 John
had ch. 4 WiUiam, 5 Charles, 6 Benjamin and 7
John of Southold. 4 William had s 8 Silas b
1746, d 1806, who had ch. 9 WilUam, 10 Deac.
Elias, b 1775 d 1843, and 11 John b 1777 d 1804.
9 William had ch. John, Austin, Phebe, Abigail,
Mary A. and Jane. 6 Benjamin had s 12 Ben
jamin, who had s 13 Nathan, who had s Charles N.
7 John had w Abigail and ch. 14 John, of South
arapton, and 15 Tancred^ of Southold.
FRAGMENTARY NOTES
OF OTHER MEN FOUND RF.COHnKD IN THF. BOOKS IN THE OFFICE OF THF. TOWN CLERK.
1713 Joshua Halsey had w Martha who was only
d of Abraham Willman, the eldest son of John W.
He had ch. Martha, Joana, Abigail, Elizabeth, Ex
perience, Mary and Prudence.
1702 John, Jonathan and Zachariah Davis,
brothers and sons of John Davis of North Sea.
Jonathan moved to Hopewell, Burlington Co. N. J.
John Davis of E. Hampton d Dec 5 1798 ae 75.

FAMILY RECORDS. 305
Thomas Davis also of E. H. d Sept 27 1751 ae. 65.
Catherine w of John D. d April I 1759 ae. 36.
John Davis of E. H. d. Aug 3 1766, ae. 90.
1661 John and Samuel Davis, of North Sea,
brothei-s. 1698 Benjamin son of Benjamin Davis,
sells house,
1717 Thomas Lupton, probably son of Joseph
Ii,, has w Mary d of John Mappem, (who m, d of
James Khtppem and succeeded to his estate,) //i^^*'-^''^
1705 David and Francis Shaw of North Sea,
brothere. By list of 1698 it appears probable that
their father's name was Thomas, and that they had
a brother John.
1709 Thomas Goldsmith deceased, is called great
unde of John Goldsmith of Southold.
1719 John Warren or Wareing of Cold Spring,
in town of Oyster Bj^y, has w Elizabeth, d of John
White, and she appears to be his only child — they
have son John Warren to whom they give all the
property which John White possessed at his death-
1710 Richard Wood ha^fi^Hannah d of Thomas
Reeves, AprU 10 1704, aud had ch. Hannah b Feb
9 1705-6, Phebe b Oct 28 1709, James b March 13
1711-12, Matthew b March 6 1715, Theophilus b
May 11 1718, Abraham b Aug 14 1721, and Silas
b June 16 1724.
1652 Jonas Wood of North Sea has w EUzabeth.
EInathan Wood m d of 17 Stephen Topping, had
son Silas, who had son Stephen now living in B.
Hampton. EInathan also had bro. Silas.
1697 Alexander Wilmot of New Haven, bought
a residence in B. Hampton, had s Walter b 1709
48

306 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
who graduated at Yale in 1734. Walter studied
fbr the ministry, and was ordained pastor at Jamaica,
L. I., AprU 12 1738. He died 1744.
1698 Thomas Learaing s of Christopher L., de
ceased, who had w Esther.
John Pope was here only a few of the first years
of the settlement.
1682 Josiah Bartholomew a resident. .
1698 Joseph Moore or More has s Joseph."
1 696 Nathaniel Ruscoe a tax payer.
1682 John Tennison, carpenter, sells house aud
land. 1698 Tamason w of Joseph Sayre.
1699 Humphrey Hughes has w Martha.
1699 Shamger Hand of Cape May Co. N. J. has
son Josiah of B. Harapton.
1729 John Penny w Juda, had sons Robert and
Christopher, Avho removed to South Carolina.
Jonathan Peirce (w Abiah) died July 2 1759 ae.
64. His 8 Benjarain d Aug 1 1747 ae. 19.
Among the tax payers of 1695 are Martha wid.
of Zerubbabel Phillips, Robert Pattin, wid. Mary
Larison, Williara Rose, Walter Melvine, Benjarain
Sraith, John Earle, Henry Goring, William Barker,
Josiah Hand, Isaac Miles, Manasseth Kempton,
Benoni Newton, Benoni Flint, William Perkins,
John Mitchell, John Malbey, Thomas Parvine,-
John Mowbray, Edward Petty, Samuel Barber,
John Parker and Joseph Wickham.
, Smith Family. Some men of this name are found
in the early records, but they never remained long.
" Phebe relict of Nathaniel Smith, Esq." d Aug.

FAMILY RECORDS. 307
26 1775 ae. 73, and being buried near Dr. William
Smith and his family, is supposed to be the mother
of this Dr. Williara. The latter m Ruth d. of
Zebulon Howell Sen., and had ch. Dr. John, Phebe,
Mary, and a son who removed to Philadelphia..
Maiy ra Juhu PeUetreau, and had ch. as ^iven in
the PeUetreau Record.
1644 John Stratton has land here.
1645 Mr. Richard OdeU has house lot of Mr.
Cole, of Hartford, granted to him provided he stay
3 years. 1650 Richard Marvin has w Mary d of Wm.
Browne deceased.
1652 Thoraas Pope has 3 acres granted hiin next
to Mr. Stanbrough.
1652 Wm. Barnes sells house and lot to Janies
Hampton of Salem,
1666 John Cooper sells house and lot which he
had of Thos, Pope to James Hampton, who gives
his estate to his son-in-law, James Mapi)em, who
had two daughters but no sons.
1675 John Laughton had bro. Josiah who had s
John then grown.
1696 Jonas, eldest son of Jonas Bower who had
also s Isaac, and a d who m Wm. Terbell.
1697 Walter Melvine and w Mary sell to Samuel
Butler, what is now the horaestead of Josiah Foster,
bounded (then) S. and E. by Jonah Howell, N. by
Aaron Burnett, and W. by Town Street.
1693 Obadiah Sale sells to Samuel Whitehead.
The fonner remained a few years, and then removed
to Boston.

308 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
1659-60 Thomas Diment, or Diamont, or Dimon,
buys land.
1660 -John Lum formerly of North Seti — then
of Huntington.
1663 Jonas Houldsworth, schoolmaster, after
wards of Huntington,
1663 John Ogden of North Sea had uncle and
cousin of same name,
1667 John C^den of EUzabeth, N. J.
<^/ 1665 John Olfields formerly of Southampton,
then of Jamaica.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT. 309
CELEBRATION OF THE
225th ANNIVERSARY
OF THK Settlement of South.vmpton, December 13, im^:-
This day was chosen as the anniversary of the day
on which legal possession of their homes was ob
tained from the Indians, as may be seen from the
date of the Indian deed given in the Appendix.
The historical discourse was deUvered by Rev. Geo.
Rogers Howell, and the following ode written for
the occasion, by Mrs. Maria J. R. Howell, was
finely rendered by a large choir :
At a meeting in the evening, appropriate addresses
were made by H. R. Stiles, M. D., and Mr. Alden J.
Spooner of Brooklyn, and the Rev. Messrs. W. B.
Reeves of Westhampton, and Epher ^Whitaker of
Southold. Rise up ye people with anthems of praise,
And loud to Jehovah your thanksgivings raise ;
Praise ye the raight which hath built here an altar,
And gathered a people from over the sea ;
Sing to the mercy whose love cannot falter,
And praise ye Jehorah the God of the free.
Rise ap ye people with anthems of praise.
And loud to Jehovah your thanksgivings raise.
Ages have rolled down the dark stream of time.
Since leaving the shores of their own native clime,
Seeking a home on this ocean girt Isle,
Where free from the weight of oppression's hard rod,
Untrammeled by rank and unfettered by guile.
Our fathers might dwell, and in peace worship God.
Rise up ye people with anthems of praise,
And loud to Jehovah your thanksgivings raise.
Here in their leland homes they have been blest,
An oasis fair mpon ocean's broad breast ;
The loved forms that builded the first cottage fires
Long since have slumbered beneath the greea sod ;
But the children impressed with the same fond desires
Still bring to this altar their tribute to God.
Rise up ye people with anthems of praise.
And loud to Jehovah your thanksgivings raise.

310 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

APPENDIX.

" THE DISPOSALL OF THE VESSELL,"
March 10, 16S9.
" In consideration that Edward Howell hath dis
bursed 151b and Edraond ffarington 10 lb, Josias
Stanborough 5 lb, George Welbe 10 lb. Job Sayre
5 lb, Edmond Needara 5 lb, Henry Walton 10 lb,
and Thomas Sayre 51b. Itt is Agreede vpon that
wee the forenamed vndertakers haue disposed of
our sewerall pts of our vessell to Daniel How. In
Consideracon \\ hereof hee is to Transporte them
soe much goods either to them, their heirs, executors
and assignes, (If they shall Desire it) as theire
sewerall somme or somraes of Monney shall ani-
mounte unto, and moreower to each of those psons
Above named, or their Assignes, he shall transporte
to each man A Person and a Tunne of goods firee.
But in case that any of the forenamed Persons shall
not have occasion for the transportation of soe much
goods as his monney shall Ammount unto, that
then the said DanieU is to make them payment of
the remainder of the monney by the end of two
yeares next ensueing the date hereof, and likewise
this vessell shall be for the use of the Plantacon,
and that the said DanieU shall not sell this vessell
without the consent of the mjor pt of the Company.
And that the Vessell shall be reddy at the Towne of
Lynne to Transporte such goods as the Afforesaid
vndertertakers shall Appointe, That is to say three
tymes in the yeare. fiurtherraore if In case that

APPENDIX. 311
any Persons shall not have occasicm to Transporte
any goods, that then the said DanieU is to pay them
their somme or somraes of monney, together with
Allowance for a Tunne of goods & A pson within
the tearm of two yeares next ensueing the date
hereof, for the full performance hereof the said
DanieU How has — [three or four lines rautilated
and illegible.]
" fi'urthermnre whereas it is expressed formerly
that the vessell shall come to our Intended Planta
con three tymes ia the yeare, wee thought good to
express the tymes, viz ; the first moneth, the fourth
moneth and the eighth moneth.
" ffurtherraore for the rates of Persons goods and
chattels that if there prone any difference between
vs the vndertakers and the said DanieU How that
then it shall be referred to two raen whorae they
and he shall chuse.
"ffurtherraore for as much as Allen Bread,
Thomas Halsey and William Harker, Are by the
Consent of the Corapany corae into and pty vnder
takers with us, wee Edward Howell, Daniel flow
& Henry Walton have consigned three of our pts
that is to each man a house lott, planting lott and
farme answerable to the rest of ye vndertakers for
their disbursements of five pounds A man to vs the
above said vndertakers, that is to say whereas Mr.
Howell had 3 lotts, he shall have but two &
DanieU How for three lots shall have but two
Henry Walton for 2 lotts shall have but one.
" Edward Howell,
" Daniell How,
" Henry Walton."

312 HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

"INDIAN DEED OF DEC. 13, 1640."
" This Indenture raade the I3th day of Decem
ber Anno Dom. 1640, between Pomatuck, Mandush,
Mocomanto, Pathemanto, Wybennett, Wainmeno-
wog, Heden, Wateraexoted, Checkepuchat, the na
tive Inhabitants and true owners of the eastern part
of the Long Island on the one part, and Mr. John
Gosmer, Edward Howell, Daniell How, Edward.
Needham, Thomas Halsey, John Cooper, Thomas
Sayre, Edward ffarrington, .Job Sayre, George
Welbe, Alien Bread, Williara Harker, Henry Wal
ton on the other part, witnesseth, that the sayd In
dians for due Consideration of sixteen coats already
received, and also three score bushells of Indian corn
to be paid vpon lawfuU demand the last of Sep
tember which shall be in the yeare 1641, and fur
ther in consideration that the above named EngUsh
shall defend vs the sayd Indians from the unjust
violence of whatever Indians shaU Ulegally assaile
vs, doe absolutely and forever give and grant and
by these presents doe acknowledge ourselves to
have given & granted to the partyes above men-
cioned without any fraude, guile, mentall Reserva
tion or equivocation to thera their heirs and succes
sors forever all the lands, woods, waters, water
courses, easemts, profits & emoluments, thence
arising whatsoever, from the place commonly known
by the name of the place where the Indians bayle
over their canoes out of the North bay to the south
side of the Island, from thence to possess all the
lands lying eastward betweene the foresaid bound
by water, to cut all the land pertaining to the par-
teyes aforesaid, as also all the old ground formerly
planted lying eastward from the first creek at ye

appendix. 313
v/estermore end of Shinnecock plaine. To have
& to hold forever without any claime or challenge
of the least title interest, or propriety whatsoever
of vs the sayd Indians or our heyres or successors
or any others by our leave, appointment, license,
counsel or authority whatsoever, all the land bound
ed as is abavesaid. In full testimonie of this our
absolute bargaine contract and grant indented and
in full and complete ratification and establishment
of this our act and deed of passing over all our title
& interest in the premises with all emoluments &
profits thereto appertaining, or in any wise belong
ing, from sea or land within our Limits above speci
fied without all guile wee have sett to our hands the
day and yeare above sayd.
Memorand. Before the subscribing of this present
writing it is agreed that ye Indians above named
shaU have liberty to breake up ground for their vse
to the westward of the creek aforementioned on the
west side of Shinnecock plain.
" Witnesses of the deli verie & subscribing of this
writing. " Abrahara Pierson,
" Edward Stephenson,*
" Robart Terry,
" Joseph Howe,
" Thoraas Whitehone,
" Joseph Griffeths,
" WiUiam Howe,
" Manatacut, his x mark,
" Mandush, his x mark,
" Wybenet, his x raark,
" Howes, his x mark,
" Setommecoke, his X mark,
" Mocomanto, his x mark,
" these in the name of all the rest.
" Recorded in ye office at New York Oct 3 1665,
bv Matthias NicoUs, Sec."
49

SPECIAL INDEX.

PAGE.
Academy  1*2
Agawam  1'*^
Andrews, Rev. Mr.  117
Babbit, Rev. John M  117
Baker, Thos. of E.Hampton 202
Barber, Samuel  306
Barker, WilUam  306
Barnes, William  179
Barnes, Joshua  96, 151
Barnes Family  206
Bartholomew, Josiah  306
Beabe, Thoraas & Saiah  96
Beeeher, Dr. Lyman  12.'>
Beers, Rev. Daniel  123
BigeloA-, Samuel  201
Bingham, Rev. Amos  117
Births  200
Bishop Family  206
Bogart, Rev. David S  116
Bond, Robert  180
Bostwick, Arthur  179
Bower-, Jonas  202
Bower's Snow Storm  195
Bowden Family  207
Boyer, Stephen  139
Breed. Allen  15
British cruelties in Rev. War 74
" occupation in 1778. . 71
Browne William  29, 90
Burnett Family  208
Burnett, Thomas  92
Burying Grounds  184
Burying Ground, Southend 184
" Northend 190
Cobb.... 189
" " Mecox... 189
" " Sagg  190
Butler Family  209
Campbell, John  200, 202
Canoe Place  146

PAGE.
Celebration of the 225 th An
niversary  309
Christmas Observances. . . . 178
" Storm iQ 1811... 195
Church, when organized. . . 99
" Independent  99
" had Ruling Elders
early  134
Church, when Presbyte^
rian  99, 134
Church Bells  138
" Clock  138
" Edifices  129
" " of B. Hamp
ton  130
Church Edifices of Sag H. . . 130
" taking arms to. 131, 140
" seating people in.. . 136
" sweeping and mak
ing fire  140
Church Service, notice of,
by drum  '^ 97
Church, Methodist  128
" New Light  110
Civil relations of the Town
early  54, 87
Clark Family  210
Cleveland, Rev. Wm. N  125
Cloave, Mary  97
Cochrane, Major  73
Colonies  78
Connecticut, uuion with. . . 55
Cook. Ellis — ^his wooing.. . . 212
Cook Family  210
Cooper, John  15, 67
Cooper Family  213
Corwith Faraily  216
Courts, Quarter  88
Cows and Goats separate. 192
Cow Bay, landing at  16
Cuffee, Rev. Paul  126
Culver Family  217

SPECIAL INDEX.

315

PAGE.
Customs, Early  176
Daggett, Rev. Herman  112
Davis Fulk  180
DavB- John. Jonathan, <fec.. 304
Dayton, Caleb  204
Dayton, Samuel  93
Dayton Family  218
Deaths  203
Deed, Indian, of 1640  312
Deputies to Cren. Court of
Ct,from 1644 to 1664.. 60
Disposal of the Vessel .... 310
Drum beating for Church. . 97
Dmnkenness, penalty of. . . 94
Dutch, trouble wiih, at Cow
Bay  16
Dutch, Southampton under,
in 1673  62
Earle John  200, 202
^Eyls, Rev. James and Osias 111
' Ellsworth Family  218
Erskine Lord  72
False Alarms  92
Family Records  205
Farrington, Edmund. ... 15, 27
" John  18, 28
Fast day  177
Field, Alexander  90
Fires, precaution against . . 97
Fithian Family.  219
Flint. Benoni  200, 202
Fordham, Rev. Robert  102
" Family  220
Foster, Benjamin  73
" Christopher  15
" Wakeman  224
" Family  221
Fournier Family  224
Fowler, Christopher  93
•' Family  225
Freemen  89
Fuller, Rev. Mr  117
Gelston, Rev. Samuel  107
" Family  225
General Court powers of. . 54
Goldsmith, Thos. <fe John.. 158
" Thomas  90
GoodaU Family  226

Goring, Henry  3O6
Gosmer, John  29
Great Plains  146
Green Family  226
Hakelton, William  203
Half-way Covenant  113
Hallock Family  226
Halsey, Daniel  197
•' Rev. Herman  118
" Jesse  76
" Thomas  15
" Faraily  227
Harapton, James  151
Hand, Benjamin  23 1
" David  75
'• John  179
" Shamger  306
" Family  233
Harker. William  19, 28
Harriman, Rev. John  104
Harris Family  234
Hart, Rev. Joshua  117
Haynes Family  235
Heathcote, George  159
Hedges, William  180
" Family  236
Herrick, Edward  125
" Family  239
Hildreth. Thomas  158
" Family  240
Hog astray , one in limbo . . 192
House lots  23
Howe, Daniel  15, 180
Howell, Edward  15, 27
" John  25, 90
" Parmenas  196
" Family  241
Hughes, Humphrey  201
Huntting, Rev. James M 118 125
" Family  250
Imprecation censured  96
Indian deed of 1640  312
" nameof town Alslaqd 145
Indians, purchase of their
land  21
Indians, liberty to cut flags 174
" religious belief . . . 168
" different tribes  163
" trouble with, in 1653 164

316

SPECIAL INDEX.

PAGE.
Indians burn a house, 1657 165
Inhabitants, list of 1644. . . 179
" 1649... 29
" " 1653 .. 180
" 1654... 31
" " 1657 30, 181
" 1667... 182
" 1683... 46
" 1698... 32
of North Sea
in 1668  32
Inhabitants of North Sea
in 1687  32
Intemperate drinking fined. 96
" language cen
sured  96
Jagger Family  251
James, Rev. Thomas 
Jennings Family  253
Jessup Family  254
Jones, Edward  89
Jones Family  256
Kelly, John  195
Kerapton, Manasseh  204
Kennedy, Rev. David  125
Kertland, Philip  15, 18
Nathaniel  18
Lacy, Edward 
Land allotted  92
Larrison, John  202
Laughton, John  202
" his bro. Josiah . . 307
Learning, Thomas  306
License Law  94
Little Plains  146
Lovelace, Gov., visit to
Southampton  193
Ludlow Family  256
Lura, John  31
Lupton Thomas  305
Lupton Family  257
Lying punished  94
Mackie Family  258
Magistrates, duties of  87
Manhasset. arrival at  16
Mappem, James  151
John  305

PAGE.
Marriages  201
Marshall Family  258
McCorkell Family  258
Melvine, Walter  200
Merwin, Robert  93
Methodist Society  128
Mills, Rev. Mr  Ill
Mitchell Family  259
Money Vessel  196
Montbs, Roman names
dropped  176
Moore, John  179
Moore or More, Joseph. . . . 306
Morehouse Family  259
Morgan, Rev. J. J. A  124
Mowbray John  35
Mulford, John  179
^ " W illiam.. i a. 58, 179
Needham, Edmund  27
Newell, Thomas  28
Newton Benoni  203
New light movement in B.H. 110
North Sea, settlement of. 26, 27
" " Inhabitants, 1-008 32 Mi
" " " 1687 32
Oath of fidelity to the Dutch
in 1673  66
Odell. Richard  28, 89
Ogden, John  26, 90, 158
Oldfields, John  28
Old Town  22
Oxpasture  148
Parker, John  260
Faraily  260
Parsonage The  132
for^. Hampton. 133
Parsons Family  260
Parvine, Thomas  34
Patton, Robert  203
Pelletreau Family  260
Perkins William  306
Petty, Edwai-d  306
Phillips, Martha  306
Pierson, Rev. Abraham. . . . 100
'¦ Lemuel  74
" Family  263
Pigs trespassing  192
Pompey  77

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317

PAGE.
Pope, John  306
Post Family  266
PresbyteryofL.I.organized 99
Proprietor's Rights  24
Proud Family  267
Quogue Purchase.  22
Raynor Family  268
'• Thurston  90
Reed Thomas  201
Reeves Family  269
Residences, Early  148
in 1864.. 148 to 161
Revolutionary War  69
Robinson, Thomas  93
Eogers, Williara  90
" Family  269
Rose, Robert  179
'¦ Family  273
Ruscoe, Nathaniel  200
Sabbath, when it began. . . 177
Safety of town provided for 91
Sale, Obadiah  158, 159
Sagg  26,31, 145
Sag Harbor  130
Salary of Minister, how
raised  131
Sandford Family   275
Sayre, Job  18, 27
" Thomas  27, 96
" Family  276
Schools  141
Scott Family  279
Selling land, restricted. ... 93
September Gale, 1815  196
Settlement, the  20
Settlers, early, where from . 14
" previous, traces of. 15, 18
" names of  28
" character of  49
Shaw, Rev. Peter H  121
" Edmund  96
" Thomas  305
" David & Francis  305
ShinnecockHillssoldinl861 174
" " lease of 1703 172
Sleeping on watch  90
Smith, Richard  32, 90
Soldier's in Slaveholders'
50

PAGE.
Rebellion  84
Southold, when settled  20
Squires Family  280
Stansbrough, Josiah . 15, 27, 89
Family  280
Stealing of Fruit  97
Stephens Family  281
Stocks provided  96
Stratton, Richard  179
Strong, Rev. Mr  Ill
Talmadge, Thomas, Sr.&Jr 179
" Family  282
" Robert  179
Taylor, Rev. John  105
" Joseph  104
Tennison, John  158
Terry, Thomas  28
Topping, Edward  74
" Thomas  90
" Family  283
" Purchase  22
Townsmen  88
Training  90
Travally, Thomas. . . . ;  98
Underwriters, the original . 27
" increased to 20 28
Various orders of Gen. C'rt 96
Voting enforced  94
Wakeman, Rev. Jabez  203
Walton, Henry  : . 27
Wards, town divided into 91, 179
Warren or Waring, John.. . 305
Washington, Gen..  77
Watch and Ward  90
Welbye, George. ... 15, 18, 27
Wells, Richard  15
Whales drifted up  179, 183
Whaling Squadrons, 1644... 179
" 1653... 180
" 1657... 181
" " 1667... 182
Wheeler, John  201
White, Rev. Sylvanus  108
" •' " De
scendants of  289
White John  15,89, 96
" Family  286

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